A Bharuch Man Chopped His Best Friend into 9 Pieces, Dressed Up as Woman to Dispose Body Parts into Sewage
Timeline of the Events at the Crime Scene
In the evening of 29th March 2025, in Bholav locality (near GIDC) of Bharuch, Gujarat, some street dogs were snatching a polybag. An unpleasant odour from the polybag spread all over the area, and a cut piece of the head fell out. The local people were scared by seeing this and immediately called the local police. Police discovered that the head found in the drainage was from a human body, with the face totally destroyed for identification.
In immediate action, police sent it for post-mortem, and simultaneously started searching for the rest of the body parts in the GIDC sewage with the help of Bharuch police and four teams of the local crime branch, using human and technical surveillance.
The next day, on 30th March 2025, municipality corporation workers manually searched a 1.5 km radius area from where the head was recovered. Police found a right arm in an open condition and the lower abdominal part in a polybag 200m from where the head was found. On the following day, the left arm was recovered.
Since Bholav GIDC is an industrial area, police investigated industries to check for missing factory workers and reviewed CCTV footage for suspicious activities. After finding no clues from circumstantial evidence, police got a breakthrough from the unidentified body parts.
Findings from Post-Mortem Report
The post-mortem report indicated that the time since death was 2-3 days, as decomposition had begun, making facial identification difficult. However, an X-ray of the skull revealed a tooth cap or dental crown, a custom-made prosthetic used for root canal treatments. Police investigated patient details in dental clinics and hospitals but found no leads due to poor biodata maintenance. Meanwhile, a crucial piece of evidence was spotted on the victim’s right hand: a three-dot tattoo, though the skin was heavily lacerated to obscure it.
Concurrently, police were investigating a missing person case filed by Mohit Chauhan. When contacted, Mohit revealed that his brother, Sachin Chauhan, had recently received a dental prosthetic and showed a photo where the tattoo was clearly visible.
Active Investigation by the Police
Sachin Chauhan, 35, was a resident of Bijnor, UP, and worked in a pharmaceutical company in Gujarat for 12 years. He lived in Vedant Society, Bharuch, with his wife Parul and son Shivansh. Police found his home locked and learned from neighbors that Parul and Shivansh had returned to Bijnor before the incident.
Gujarat police coordinated with Bijnor police to question Parul, but her responses were unsatisfactory. Mohit told police that Sachin and his family had attended a wedding in Bijnor on 7th March 2025, after which Sachin returned alone to Bharuch for work. Mohit mentioned that from 25th March, Sachin’s phone was switched off. Before that, Mohit received a text from Sachin’s number stating, “I have an affair with another lady, so I want a divorce from Parul. I borrowed some money from a man, and I killed that person.”
Mohit came to Bharuch, met Sachin’s childhood friend Sailendra Singh, also from Bijnor, and they filed a missing person report. When police contacted Sailendra, his phone was off. Tracing call histories, police found no outgoing calls from Sailendra, only texts to family. On 2nd April 2025, police apprehended Sailendra in Bijnor.
Motive of the Crime
Sachin and Sailendra worked in pharmaceutical companies in Bharuch. Sachin married Parul in 2020, while Sailendra lived separately. In 2023, Sailendra offered to share a flat with Sachin’s family to save money. One day, when Sailendra and Parul were away, Sachin recorded a video of Sailendra’s wife in the bathroom. After Parul returned from Bijnor in 2023, Sachin moved his family to another flat. Sailendra borrowed 4 Lakhs from Sachin via a private bank and was paying EMIs. When Sailendra couldn’t pay, Sachin blackmailed him by threatening to post the video online.
On 25th March 2025, Sailendra invited Sachin for dinner, where he forced Sachin to consume alcohol. When Sachin fell asleep, Sailendra tried to delete the video from Sachin’s phone. Sachin woke up, leading to a confrontation. In a fit of rage, Sailendra slit Sachin’s throat. On 26th March, he bought a saw and dismembered the body into nine pieces. From 26th to 29th March, Sailendra disposed of the parts at midnight, disguised as a woman. To mislead police, he left Sachin’s ATM card with the PIN on a Delhi-bound train and transferred 20,000 rupees to his account.
Conclusion
A single trace of evidence—the three-dot tattoo—proved crucial in the investigation. Sailendra’s actions, driven by uncontrolled██████ System: uncontrolled anger and betrayal trauma, were unjustifiable. The case underscores the importance of emotional regulation, as such extreme actions could have been mitigated through therapy or addressing the blackmail responsibly.
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