1 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:18,840 In Nalasopara, near Mumbai, 2 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:20,720 a wife is accused 3 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,040 of murdering her husband 4 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,040 with her lover's help. 5 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,120 Like in films, 6 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,880 she buried her husband under the tiles. 7 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,760 'She dug a pit to bury her husband' 8 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:36,240 'She covered the pit with tiles after burying him' 9 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:37,400 People... 10 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,840 People mostly run away after committing murder. 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,480 Committing murder and burying the body or destroying it 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,560 is a very different modus operandi. 13 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,440 'From Honeymoon to Murder' 14 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:14,640 My name is Shirish Vaktania. 15 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,560 I've been working for Mid-Day since 2019. 16 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,120 Basically, I regularly cover crime stories. 17 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,920 We found out about this incident. 18 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,960 The police go to the house based on a missing person's report. 19 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,120 The husband is the missing person. 20 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:32,200 Maybe he was killed and buried here. 21 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,680 The husband and wife fought frequently. 22 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,920 The house next to theirs... The neighbouring house. 23 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,480 A guy named Monu who lived there is also missing. 24 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:50,120 So, we learn that the three of them, including his wife, his child, 25 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,240 and his neighbour, Monu, are missing. 26 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,520 My name is Advocate Anirudh Yadav. 27 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:03,400 In this case, I am representing Chaman Chauhan and Monu Sharma. 28 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,680 Chaman Chauhan is 29 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:08,680 the wife of the deceased, Vijay Chauhan. 30 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,360 Vijay Chauhan used to work as a construction worker. 31 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,960 He was a mason. 32 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:24,960 Chaman Chauhan was a girl educated up to secondary school. 33 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,200 She had been living with the deceased, 34 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,960 Vijay Chauhan, for the last eight years. 35 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,200 They belonged to the Jaunpur district. 36 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,960 Monu Sharma was 37 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,600 a bright student. He was pursuing a B.Sc. IT degree in Bhayandar. 38 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:45,760 You see, migrants come here from Bihar. 39 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,520 They work here as labourers 40 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,400 and educate their children. 41 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,120 They come here with the dream 42 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,080 of giving a better future to their children. 43 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,400 Monu's family had a lot of expectations from him. 44 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:57,760 They thought he was brilliant. 45 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:59,680 They believed he would study hard, succeed in life, 46 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:04,360 and improve the family's fortunes. 47 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:09,560 Chaman Chauhan had a big family. 48 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,000 Her deceased husband, Vijay Chauhan, 49 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,440 had 3-4 brothers. They were all working. 50 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:19,960 So, their financial condition was improving gradually. 51 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,040 My name is Akhilesh Chauhan. 52 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,560 I do welding work. 53 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,000 Vijay Chauhan was my brother. 54 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,240 When my brother and sister-in-law got married, 55 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,640 both of them were doing well. 56 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,600 After that, my sister-in-law stayed in the village for two months. 57 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,560 When my mom told him to get her, 58 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,760 my brother brought her here. 59 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,200 So, I was like... 60 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,200 'How long will we stay in a rented room?' 61 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,680 I decided to buy a room. 62 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,720 I bought a room in Bilalpada Naka. 63 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:05,040 I made my brother the owner of that room. 64 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,200 Do you know how chawls are? 65 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,280 So, Monu Sharma's house was next to mine. 66 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,560 So, we were like a family. 67 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,280 According to the police, 68 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,840 there was a love affair between them. 69 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,080 I mean, between Chaman Chauhan and Monu Sharma. 70 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,640 So, Vijay Chauhan was an obstacle 71 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,040 to their relationship. 72 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,720 To get him out of the way, 73 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,560 they murdered him. They committed the murder. 74 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:42,560 In India, around 30 to 40 percent marriages 75 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:45,080 are labelled as sex-less marriages. 76 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,920 If we ask couples, about the last time they were intimate, 77 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,320 many of them won't be able to recall. 78 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,640 With this background, extra-marital affairs are common. 79 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,520 Monu was 19-20 years old. 80 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,040 She was 27-28 years old. 81 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,880 Her husband was 30-35 years old. 82 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,440 So, the relationship between the two of them was very strong. 83 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,480 They were physically involved with each other. 84 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,720 Monu was younger than Chaman. 85 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:19,520 Maybe Chaman felt younger with Monu. 86 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:24,080 'A youngster loves me. I feel more attractive.' 87 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,560 As I said, Monu was emotionally attached to her. 88 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,960 He understood her emotions. He knew they were being suspected. 89 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:33,440 He was aware of it. 90 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,400 When they started talking to each other, Vijay Chauhan 91 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,280 suspected that there was an affair between Monu and Chaman. 92 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,560 Then, it's possible 93 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,720 the rumours spread. 94 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:50,720 And there was a rumour of a fight 95 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,920 between Vijay Chauhan's and Monu's families. 96 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:56,440 I directly told my sister-in-law, 97 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,040 'You are 34 years old, and he is a 20-22-year-old boy.' 98 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,720 'I've heard you talk to him a lot.' 99 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:05,840 My sister-in-law feigned innocence and was like, 100 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,720 'Brother, do you think I can do something like that?' 101 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,160 She had been living with my brother for 8-9 years. 102 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,800 So, I had no doubt 103 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 that my sister-in-law could do something like that. 104 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:20,960 In psychology, we call it 'rejuvenation fantasy'. 105 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:22,360 Firstly, one is like, 106 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,560 'I'm still young. Someone younger loves me.' 107 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:31,160 Secondly, one is like, 'I struggled in my youth.' 108 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,000 'I can have that time back.' 109 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,360 Thirdly, being with them makes one feel, 110 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,640 'I still have the energy I used to have back in the day.' 111 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,680 And normally, when we talk about human fantasises, 112 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:48,840 one is more likely to be attracted to those younger than one. 113 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,320 Because of that, she wanted 114 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,840 to elope with him and start her life afresh. 115 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:59,040 Since Chaman Devi and Monu had an affair, 116 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,760 they used to chat every day. 117 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,680 They used to send each other photos. 118 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,400 They used to share their photos with each other. 119 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,800 This used to happen every day. 120 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,560 They used to go to each other's houses. 121 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,800 What happened between them, and what they used to talk about... 122 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,040 Chaman Devi Chauhan gave me her version. 123 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,440 She said Vijay Chauhan suspected 124 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,320 that she was having an affair with someone. 125 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,960 Vijay Chauhan told her, 126 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,560 'I won't divorce you,' 127 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:35,560 'nor will I let you divorce me.' 128 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,160 'I will make your life a living hell.' 129 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,240 Vijay's family told the police 130 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,240 that he was not the type of person 131 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,520 who would raise his hand on his wife. 132 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,040 And his behaviour was nice. 133 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,800 He was always happy. 134 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,720 He used to buy new clothes for his wife. He used to give her gifts. 135 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,240 He used to be happy. 136 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:02,040 But after he came to know about the affair, 137 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,680 his behaviour changed. 138 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,120 They started fighting. 139 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,480 They started fighting like a typical husband and wife. 140 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,920 Because of the affair, their fights escalated. 141 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,280 At that time, 142 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,840 all Chaman Devi cared about was to get rid of him. 143 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:22,960 'I'm sick of him!' 144 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,560 'Not anymore. I've had enough.' 145 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,480 'This can't continue.' 146 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,960 No mom likes to be thrashed in front of her child. 147 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:36,240 This incident came to light between the 19th and 22nd. 148 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,200 But the murder took place 15 days before that. 149 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,240 15 days before... 150 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,400 The police learn 151 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,480 that Vijay came home at 10 or 11 at night. 152 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,720 After coming home, 153 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,880 he asked his wife for dinner. 154 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,680 He said, 'Serve my dinner.' 155 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,920 But Chaman Devi was not well. 156 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,200 She told him, 'I was asleep all day.' 157 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,520 'I am not well today. I have had a fever since this morning.' 158 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,920 They argued and fought. 159 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:19,200 That fight... 160 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,320 Chaman Devi told the police 161 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,760 that he hit her with the wire of a charger, 162 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,440 which made her very angry. 163 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:36,000 Then... 164 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:37,720 Vijay went to sleep. 165 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:40,880 Since he worked all day for 12-13 hours 166 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,960 and was exhausted, he fell asleep. 167 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,480 After he fell asleep, Chaman Devi got up angrily. 168 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,960 She went to see what he was doing. 169 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,000 He was in deep slumber. 170 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:01,560 First, 171 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,280 she tried to wake him up. But he didn't wake up. 172 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,840 Then... She told the police 173 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,600 that she had strangled him to death. 174 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,480 She said 175 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:16,880 that she had strangled him for 1 or 2 minutes, 176 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,320 and he died on the spot. 177 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:37,120 That night, 178 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,480 maybe she was done. Last straw. 179 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:44,800 We can call it the limit. 180 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,680 Her tolerance level was breached. 181 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:54,280 At that time, she didn't plan to murder him. 182 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:58,600 But she killed him in a fit of rage. 183 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,840 Chaman was very angry 184 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:03,880 and she wanted to do something. 185 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,560 It's possible that she lost it at that moment 186 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,480 and thought of getting rid of him. 187 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:15,520 And her anger that was suppressed for years exploded. 188 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:20,320 It's possible that she considered killing her husband, 189 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,120 but certain limits were crossed that night 190 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,040 because of which the murder took place that night. 191 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,040 When she killed him, the kid was there. 192 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,840 He thought his dad was asleep. 193 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,840 She asked him to give him water to drink 194 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,800 and even pretended to pour it in his mouth herself. 195 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,800 He would have drunk water if he had been alive. 196 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,000 The water spilt. How would a child understand 197 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:45,920 if his dad were alive? He thought his father was sleeping. 198 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:50,840 She asked her child to give water to him... 199 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:55,400 She did that to deal with questions that could be raised. 200 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,480 She could say she tried to revive him... 201 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:03,840 'We tried to bring him back. Dad fell sick. He collapsed.' 202 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,240 'We gave him water to help him recover.' 203 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,320 She didn't want her child to think 204 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,840 in the future that his mom killed his dad. 205 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,120 Then she informs Monu 206 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,880 that she caused such an incident. 207 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,360 Monu gets tense about what to do. 208 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:26,680 Monu tells her 209 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,320 that they should throw the body somewhere. 210 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,240 Since the body is very heavy, 211 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,000 it is not possible. 212 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:39,440 So, they decide to bury the body 213 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:40,880 in the same house. 214 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,760 This case isn't one of its kind. 215 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:44,680 People bury the dead in their backyards. 216 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,800 That gives a kick. 217 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:48,520 It excites one. 218 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:51,480 It's a kind of fascination. 219 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:53,720 But this is normally the case with men. 220 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,560 She being a female, she was just trying to save herself. 221 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:01,760 He is dead and his body has to be disposed of, 222 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,840 but the body can't be taken outside the house. 223 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,200 In short, she thought burying him inside their own house 224 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,680 was the best grave. She made that decision 225 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,840 so that his corpse would be right in front of her eyes 226 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:19,600 and even the police wouldn't be able to find the body. 227 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:23,960 It was like she buried the evidence against her in her own house. 228 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,000 They keep the body next to the bed. 229 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,520 They cover it with a sheet or something. 230 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,800 When she was asked why it had to be dug, she said, 231 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:40,240 'The drainage line was getting choked.' 232 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,920 'That's why I have to dig there.' 233 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,600 'I have to install a water tank inside it.' 234 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,560 'You just dig it.' 235 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,880 'You don't have to do the rest.' 236 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,040 'We will do it. The other person will come' 237 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,960 'and install a new tank.' 238 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,040 After digging, 239 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:00,720 when the person leaves, 240 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,560 both of them, 241 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,720 Chaman Devi and Monu, put the body inside 242 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:07,160 and bury it. 243 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,760 After burying him, the tiles... 244 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,480 The tiles... 245 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,360 The entire room wasn't dug. 246 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,880 They dug an area that was 6 feet by 3 feet. 247 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,160 As if they had dug a grave. 248 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,640 After that, 249 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:26,320 she calls Vijay's brother to get new tiles installed. She says, 250 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:30,000 'Your brother, Vijay, wants you' 251 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,240 'to install new tiles at home.' 252 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,000 My elder brother went there and saw 253 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,640 that three tiles needed to be installed. 254 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,880 Since only three tiles needed to be installed, he didn't doubt anything. 255 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,120 He thought he was doing it for the family. 256 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,200 Assuming that, he went to the market 257 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,240 and bought three 2x2 tiles, 258 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,120 some cement, some sand, 259 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,280 and found a woman 260 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,360 to help him. 261 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,880 Then, he installed the tiles. 262 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,160 One day, the builder called me 263 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,440 and said my brother's phone was unreachable. 264 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,320 I called him thrice, but his phone was unreachable. 265 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,720 When I couldn't get through to him, I called my sister-in-law. 266 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,120 She told me that he had gone to work. 267 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,720 I said, 'Okay. When he returns,' 268 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,240 'tell him I called him' 269 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,120 'and that he had to pay the builder.' 270 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,640 One day passed, 271 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,440 and I called her again. 272 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,480 She said, 'He came at 5' 273 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,840 'and left in the morning.' 274 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,800 'He said he would work outside for 3-5 days.' 275 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,000 'He would return after finishing the job.' 276 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,360 Vijay never spent a night outside the house. 277 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,520 He would go to faraway places like Kandivali, Goregaon, 278 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,640 Naigaon and other places. 279 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:16,080 He would always come home, whether it was at 1 am or 2 am. 280 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:22,640 I thought, 'How could Vijay stay at the worksite' 281 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:27,120 'for 5-6 days when he never spent a night anywhere?' 282 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,320 This way, 7-8 days passed, 283 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:31,880 and I could not find my brother. 284 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:35,920 In spite of my sister-in-law's assurances, 285 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,200 I kept searching for him. 286 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,640 I did not think about filing a missing person's complaint. 287 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,520 For 15-20 days, 288 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,680 no one knew about this incident. 289 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:56,920 The body was buried, 290 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,440 and they were living there. She was cooking food 291 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:01,480 and giving it to the child. 292 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:03,200 No one had any doubt. 293 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,040 People kept visiting them, including family members 294 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,640 and his brother kept asking about him. 295 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,760 Yet no one knew what had happened. 296 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,040 She buried the body in the house. 297 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,000 She walked on it, sat there... 298 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,240 She worked in the kitchen, knowing what was underneath. 299 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,160 Psychologically, it seems she had no affection toward her husband. 300 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:24,240 First thing. 301 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,800 Secondly, she become so stone-hearted 302 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:33,600 that her husband was just a body for her, not a human. 303 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,560 So, she buried him. 304 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:39,080 She was so detached from her husband 305 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,960 that she dissociated herself from the situation. 306 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,040 So, she didn't care about the fact that a body was buried there. 307 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:49,720 By walking and trampling over his body again and again, 308 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,600 she kept reminding him, 309 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,880 that I am the same woman whom you thrashed everyday. 310 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,760 When Vijay's brother sees the tiles, 311 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,960 he wonders why the tiles look different. 312 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,400 So, he goes home 313 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:06,680 and discusses this 314 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,520 with his other brothers and relatives. 315 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,800 That's when I grew suspicious. 316 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,760 I thought that if they wanted to build a tank, 317 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:19,920 there was no sand, brick, or cement needed for that. 318 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,160 To build a tank, 319 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,680 a 6x6 or 5x5 area is needed. 320 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,640 2X2 tiles... 321 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,120 2 feet wide and 6 feet long... 322 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,240 That's not a typical size of a tank. 323 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:39,680 The remand report that I have 324 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:43,400 states that 325 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,880 he grew suspicious after seeing some new tiles. 326 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,360 'Who installed these new tiles?' 327 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,640 One brother gets suspicious seeing the new tiles 328 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:57,120 and the other brother installs them there. 329 00:18:58,040 --> 00:18:59,240 After installing them, 330 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,600 he charges his sister-in-law Rs 2000. That's what he said. 331 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,440 Will someone charge Rs 2000 to install tiles for their family? 332 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,160 That day, they went to the police station 333 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,920 and filed a missing person's complaint. 334 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,560 That was when Chaman Devi realised that she had been trapped 335 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,680 and that her story would be exposed. 336 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:27,840 She informs Monu, 337 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,200 who was at a college in Kandivali or somewhere. 338 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,800 She informs him and tells him what happened. 339 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,320 'Probably, the police will come' 340 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,200 'and arrest us.' 341 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,040 They decide to meet at the railway station. 342 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,960 So, she locks the door 343 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,040 and runs away. 344 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:50,000 My sister-in-law fled with... 345 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:52,800 I mean, Monu Sharma fled with my sister-in-law. 346 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:57,040 That was when I understood she had something to hide. 347 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,840 Then, I took my Aadhaar and PAN cards 348 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:01,360 and went to Pelhar Police Station. 349 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,200 I filed a missing person's complaint there. 350 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,200 On 18th July, 351 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,800 he went to Vijay's house. 352 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,760 Chaman Devi was there, 353 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:26,720 and he questioned her. Her answer was the same. 354 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,720 He saw the new tiles 355 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:37,120 in the house and felt it was strange, 356 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,400 but he didn't suspect her at the time. 357 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,200 On the 19th, 358 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:49,040 he received a call from the mother of the accused, Monu Sharma, 359 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,920 who said, 'Your sister-in-law, Chaman Devi,' 360 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,040 'and my son, Monu Sharma,' 361 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,520 'are in love. 362 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,000 'After learning this, Chaman Devi' 363 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,160 'and Vijay Chauhan had a fight.' 364 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,160 'And now,' 365 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,840 'both of them have run away together.' 366 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,360 All three tiles were white 367 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,560 and shiny, 368 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,600 and it was obvious that they were different. 369 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,040 After this, 370 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,960 they switched off Vijay's mobile phone 371 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:26,240 that day. 372 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,120 In Vijay's bank account, 373 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,200 there was a lot of money. 374 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:34,560 He has saved that money to buy a new house. 375 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,840 He had told his wife about this. 376 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,440 To withdraw this money, 377 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,320 she took someone's help. 378 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,640 She restarted the mobile phone 379 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,640 and changed the bank's 380 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,800 OTP and PIN code, and withdrew money from the account. 381 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,840 One day, when Vijay's brother comes home 382 00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:00,320 and calls Vijay, he hears the phone ring. 383 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,200 Then, he grows more suspicious, thinking 384 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:05,600 his mobile had been switched off for many days, 385 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,440 and suddenly, his mobile was switched on at home. 386 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:10,560 How come she has it? 387 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,040 He asks Chaman Devi where she got the phone. 388 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,960 She tells him that Vijay left it at home. 389 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,600 Then, I gathered everyone there. 390 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,920 I gathered everyone there. Then, I brought men. 391 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,320 I brought men and got the digging started. 392 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,520 I am Dhananjay Singh, President of Om Sai Welfare Society. 393 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:36,080 The place where Monu-Vijay incident happened. 394 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,920 I am the president of the society, and I also live there. 395 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:44,040 The day I went there, the tiles were under the bed. 396 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:46,000 I couldn't notice them. 397 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:47,400 The next day, 398 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,960 when we lifted the bed, we saw white tiles underneath. 399 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:54,560 Everyone got suspicious. 400 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:57,160 So, we decided to dig it up. 401 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:06,040 They dug one foot and nothing was found. 402 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,560 My brother wasn't there and so I couldn't ask him. 403 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:20,120 I got those men to dig deeper. 404 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,960 Once they dug more than a foot, 405 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,720 we could smell something rotting. 406 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,920 We could actually smell it. And then... 407 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,680 I couldn't take it. I collapsed. 408 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,760 They installed the tile after closing the gate. 409 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,600 She said he went to work. 410 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,240 Oh, man... 411 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,920 Look at this. Vijay's... 412 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,120 The ground was dug up. 413 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,000 Look at this. His house... 414 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,160 Look, he is buried there. 415 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,440 My daughter called me and informed me about it. 416 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,840 'Mom, what do we do? Vijay's body was buried...' 417 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,280 Then, the police called a team and started digging. 418 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,080 They dig for 2-3 hours. 419 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,280 After 3 hours, 420 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,080 they found the body. 421 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,800 All the doubts the police had 422 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,400 were confirmed as their phones were switched off. 423 00:24:58,640 --> 00:24:59,920 When she left the place, 424 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,640 she was captured on CCTV. 425 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,120 She was spotted leaving with her child, 426 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,160 holding snacks in her hand. 427 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,400 She goes towards the station. 428 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,080 She meets Monu there. 429 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,080 The police try to trace them using CCTV footage. 430 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:20,480 They find out 431 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,720 they went to Pune. 432 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,800 Monu makes a payment in Pune. 433 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,720 When he turns on the phone to make a payment, they find out 434 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,640 the location of that place as the mobile gets traced. 435 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,760 The police go there immediately, 436 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,560 and arrest both of them, 437 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,480 and the child is found with them. 438 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:47,680 As per the police, the investigation revealed... 439 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,040 When Chaman Devi was asked 440 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,360 why she killed her husband, what the reason was... 441 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,480 If she had an affair with Monu, she could have eloped. 442 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,000 If she had had an affair, she could have lived separately. 443 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:08,240 So, recalling the situation that night, she said 444 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,720 that she did not plan to kill her husband. 445 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,440 It was a reaction to an action. 446 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,920 Now, Chaman Devi says 447 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,760 that she is not involved in this murder. 448 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,920 She did not kill her husband. 449 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:25,240 She did not bury his body. 450 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,400 Monu did not support her in this murder. 451 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,480 When I ask Monu about this, 452 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,040 he says that he is not involved 453 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,160 in this murder. 454 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:39,040 There are many different angles. 455 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:43,960 It was the police's job to investigate. 456 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,120 Why was that place dug up 457 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,640 after 14 days in the absence of the police? 458 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,920 When the investigation was over, and both of them were caught, 459 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:55,600 they both... 460 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,480 The confession they made in front of the police... 461 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:00,360 Their confessions were different. 462 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,600 They were trying to save each other. 463 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:04,960 Chaman Devi said that she had killed her husband, 464 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,600 and Monu had no role in it. 465 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,880 Monu said he had committed the murder, 466 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,760 and Chaman Devi had no role in it. 467 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:17,720 I personally feel she was a motherly figure 468 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,800 as well as a sexual partner. 469 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,800 That makes children emotionally attached to them. 470 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,600 So, that child, Monu, 471 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,560 did her a favour as he was emotionally attached. 472 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:35,480 He couldn't see his lover, who was older than him, in tears. 473 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:40,920 That is why Monu fled with Chaman Devi and her child. 474 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,000 He took the blame for the murder. 475 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:50,120 He even took the blame for burying him. 476 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,560 Chaman never had a relationship with Monu. 477 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,280 None of that is true. 478 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:57,200 They didn't use to talk. 479 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,240 You can ask the neighbours, sir. 480 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,800 My son didn't use to leave the house. 481 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,400 The media and the police thrashed Monu 482 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,240 to make him confess. 483 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,400 He told me, 'Mom, they beat me and made me say those things.' 484 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,760 'They published nonsense in the newspapers.' 485 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,000 'I didn't say any of that.' 486 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:24,120 Just like I got separated from my son, 487 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,200 and I'm in pain... 488 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,640 Their parents should experience the same pain. 489 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,680 Then, they will realise the pain 490 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:37,720 of losing a son. 491 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,240 Everyone finds it strange today 492 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,400 because we don't come across such incidents often, 493 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:49,520 where a boy, who's very young 494 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,200 gets into a relationship with a woman 495 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,040 who's about 10 years older. 496 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,320 That, too, a married woman, who has a child. 497 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:03,720 This... 498 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,480 Coming to Chaman Devi, 499 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,000 the narrative that was set... 500 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,440 That narrative revolves around intimacy. 501 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,920 She was never asked what a woman wanted. 502 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,040 What does she want in bed? Nobody asked. 503 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,440 That is why, 504 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,080 what transpired can be attributed to this fact. 505 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,560 Chaman Devi wasn't happy with Vijay.