Mumbai: Over a week after artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer were found murdered in Mumbai, her estranged husband Chintan Upadhyay has been arrested.
Chintan Upadhyay was called in for questioning late last night and placed under arrest at around 3:30 this morning.
Chintan and Hema Upadhyay's marriage was reportedly troubled and divorce proceedings were on.
The bodies of 43-year-old Hema Upadhyay, a noted installation artist, and her lawyer Harish Bhambani, were found wrapped in plastic, packed in boxes and dumped in a sewer on December 11 in Mumbai's Kandivali area.
Five people have been arrested in the case so far.
Hema's relatives have said they suspect her husband's role in the murder. Her cousin Deepak Prasad had told the media that he and others in the family "strongly suspected Mr Upadhyay's role behind the conspiracy to kill his wife."
The main accused in the case, Vidyadhar Rajbhar, is still missing. He was last traced to Bhusaval.
Based on the statements of Ms Upadhyay's relatives, her husband was questioned more than once.
