Doctor murders wife in Delhi, drives 1000km to dump body in Ganga

NEW DELHI: A 31-year-old surgeon, who was the batch topper in the masters course, strangled his MBA wife with a dupatta in their west Delhi house last Friday night, put the body in his car and travelled more than 1,000km before dumping it in the Ganga near Allahabad. The accused, Dr Chandra Vibhas Sahu, a senior resident doctor at west Delhi's DDU hospital, had a history of violent behaviour towards his wife during the couple's 10-monthold marriage. The victim, Supriya Tussar, 27, had done her BTech from Hyderabad and had a masters in business administration from Rajasthan. She had recently got a Rs 85,000 job offer from an IT major. Both hailed from Jharkhand. Sahu, who was arrested on Monday, reportedly told the police he was "physically and mentally incompatible" with his wife. Though the immediate provocation for the crime is not clear, additional CP (west) V Renganathan said Sahu could have been planning it for some time. The local Hari Nagar police had received several calls in the past about fights between the couple with Sahu often getting violent. The police said, after killing his wife, Sahu stuffed the body in a canvas bag and put it in his i20 car, which was a wedding gift from the girl's family chosen by Supriya. He drove almost non-stop to Bihar. But suspecting he was being tracked by his in-laws, Sahu turned back and drove to Haria in rural Allahabad.
He then dumped the body in the Ganga, expecting it to be washed away. "But the place where he dropped her body was a swamp caused by flooding. When the water receded, the UP cops recovered the body," said an investigator. Supriya Tussar a BTech from Hyderabad and an MBA, was offered 85,000 salary a month by an IT major, but her husband, Dr Chandra Vibhas Sahu, didn't want her to work.
Sahu, senior resident of surgery at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, was often violent with Tussar during their 10-month marriage. Tussar had even lodged a complaint with police.
Sahu threw her out of the house in February 2011. When she returned in July, he forced her to spend a week in a mental hospital "to prove she was mad."
THE MURDER TRAIL Nov 22, 2010 | Chandra Vibhas Sahu (31), senior resident doctor at DDU Hospital, marries Supriya Tushar (27) in Jharkhand
Nov 27 | Sahu returns to Delhi alone Dec | Supriya comes to Delhi with in-laws
Feb 2011 | Sahu beats her up periodically. Supriya thrown out of house, forced to return to parents in Dumka Apr | Families ask them to reconcile
Jul 10 | Supriya returns to Delhi with Sahu. Fight started same day Jul 17 | Supriya forcibly admitted at a hospital for mentally challenged
Jul 20 | Her parents come to Delhi, give her money
Sept 23 morning | Supriya calls home, says she fears for her life
Sep 23 night | Supriya allegedly murdered by Sahu, body put in canvas bag Late night | Supriya's mother calls her, phone switched off. Sahu tells her he is in Mathura 11.30pm | Sahu leaves for Bihar in his i-20, a wedding gift, along with body
Sept 24 | Supriya's father keeps trying her and Sahu's phones. Decides to fly down to Delhi Afternoon | Landlord claims he has not seen Supriya from 23rd morning 8.30pm | Sahu reaches UP-Delhi border, realizes cops looking for his car after his in-laws demand answer. Turns back to Allahabad and meets with accident twice
Sep 25, 3.30am | Dumps body in flooded plains at Haria in rural Allahabad Morning | Supriya's parents reach Delhi, try to contact Sahu who tells them he is in Mathura. Parents find nobody in house Evening | Body recovered in Allahabad. Sahu returns to Delhi at 7.30pm, comes home around midnight
Sep 26 | Supriya's family corners Sahu, takes him to Hari Nagar police post. Sahu owns up to murder