‘Drishyam’-style homicide in Ahmedabad: Man’s physique buried in his home; spouse’s paramour held

A person was murdered allegedly by his spouse’s paramour and two family who buried the physique beneath the kitchen flooring of his home in Ahmedabad metropolis, police mentioned on Wednesday (November 5, 2025), a chilling crime harking back to a scene from Hindi film ‘Drishyam‘.

Nearly a 12 months after the mysterious disappearance of the person, Samir Ansari, the town crime department on Tuesday evening exhumed his bones and different stays from beneath the kitchen flooring of his locked home in Ahmedabad’s Sarkhej space, mentioned Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Ajit Rajian.

It was revealed that Ansari’s spouse Ruby, who’s absconding, took assist of her paramour Imran Vaghela and two of his family to kill Ansari, reduce his physique into items and bury them below the kitchen flooring, a criminal offense ensuing from her alleged extramarital affair, said Mr. Rajian.

“While Vaghela, who lives in the same area, has been arrested, Ruby along with two relatives of Vaghela — Rahim and Mohsin — are still absconding,” mentioned the DCP, including bones and different stays present in the home have been despatched for forensic evaluation and DNA matching.

Around three months in the past, a criminal offense department inspector acquired a tip-off that one Samir Ansari, initially a local of Bihar, had not been seen within the space for a very long time and there was no police report of his disappearance too, mentioned Mr. Rajian.

“We then saved a watch within the space and learnt Ansari has been lacking for the final one 12 months. During questioning, Vaghela broke down and admitted that he together with two others [his kin] murdered Ansari on the behest of his spouse Ruby a 12 months in the past.”

“Vaghela claimed Ruby hatched the plan to kill Ansari because he used to thrash her after learning about her extramarital affair and she saw him as an obstacle in her illicit relationship,” mentioned the DCP.

Ansari, who used to work as mason, got here to Ahmedabad from Bihar in 2016 after his love marriage with Ruby and the couple has two kids. During their keep at Ahmedi Row House close to Fatehwadi canal, Ruby fell in love with Vaghela, which angered her husband, mentioned Mr. Rajian.

“With the help of Ruby and two others, Imran first slit Ansari’s throat and cut his body into pieces. They then dug a pit in the kitchen and covered it with cement and tiles after dumping the body. When people used to enquire about Ansari, Ruby would tell them he had gone to some other city for work,” mentioned the police officer.

She lived in the home the place her husband was murdered for a number of months after which moved elsewhere along with her kids, he mentioned.

The home was locked when a criminal offense department staff reached there to exhume the physique within the presence of an govt Justice of the Peace, Mr. Rajian added.