A shocking incident of murder has taken place in the Indian city of Mumbai in which the accused killed his partner and then boiled his body parts in a pressure cooker.

The incident has brought to mind the murder of Shraddha Walker, who was killed last year by her accomplice Aftab Poonawalla, whose body parts were kept in a freezer and buried in the forest.

According to Indian TV channel NDTV, an official of the Nayanagar police station said that the body of the victim, identified as 32-year-old Saraswati Vaidya, was found on the seventh floor of a residential building in Geetanagar area on Wednesday night. But found in his apartment.

According to the official, Saraswati Vaidya was in a live-in relationship with her partner Manoj Sahni, 56, for the past three years and during this time the couple was living in a rented flat.

Residents of the residential building complained to the police about the foul smell coming from Vaidya Manoj’s apartment.

Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jayant Bijyale said that when the police arrived at the apartment, they found a rotting body. ‘Preliminary investigations have revealed that the woman was brutally murdered.’

Manoj Sahni, a man, has been arrested by the police for killing his partner and boiling parts of her body in a pressure cooker.

According to the police, Manoj has said in his statement that Vaidya died by suicide.

“The situation is very disturbing, and we are determined to bring justice to Saraswati Vaidya,” says Jayant Bijayale. We are appealing to the public if they have any information that could assist the investigation, to get in touch.’