Chhattisgarh shocker: Disabled man killed, encased in cement and put in suitcase; Married couple arrested in Delhi

A murder investigation which began with the discovery of a disabled man's body encased in cement, put in a suitcase within a steel trunk and dumped in a residential area of Chhattisgarh's Raipur has now led investigators to arrest a married couple at the Delhi airport.

Preliminary interrogation has made a lawyer from Raipur, Aniket Upadhyay and his wife, the suspected masterminds of Kishore Paikra's murder over a land brokerage dispute, Raipur SSP Lal Umed Singh said.

Upadhyay's father is a retired ASI of Chhattisgarh police. Him and his wife were identified through CCTV footage from the area where Paikra's body was found.

The footage shows a car entering Raipur's DD Nagar on Monday, two men alighting and opening the boot to take out the trunk bearing the body. A woman with her face covered is seen trailing the car on a two-wheeler. The car had a possibly fudged number plate, police said.

Investigators discovered that the victim, who was on a wheelchair and lived in Handipara's HMT Chowk, had sold a plot of land in Mohadi village with Upadhyay's help for Rs 50 lakh but had received Rs 20 lakh less than the agreed price.

Upadhyay allegedly had Paikra murdered when the latter threatened to file a police complaint against him. The arrested couple was brought to Raipur late on Tuesday.