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| NEERAJ GROVER: He was killed, body cut in pieces, then burnt. |
The brutal killing of Neeraj Grover, a TV production house executive, had captured the imagination of the entire country.
Though Grover was killed on May 7, 2008, it had taken a few days before it became clear that he had been murdered.
The body was cut into pieces. It had taken hours for the killer to chop the body parts and then it was stuffed and taken to jungle, where the body parts were set afire.
The incident had hit national headlines as it was nothing short of a crime thriller and it also had the touch of glamour world in it. At the heart of the story was an actor--Maria Susairaj. She was a Kannada movie actress who wanted to try her luck in Bollywood.
Grover who worked as creative director for TV production house, Synergy Adlabs, in Mumbai, went missing in mysterious circumstances. His father Amarnath Grover had lodged a complaint about his son's sudden disappearance.
CRIME RECALL
The middle-aged man had no inkling then that his son had been killed days ago and the killers had tried every bit to conceal the evidences. Maria who hailed from Mysore (Karnataka) had a steady relationship with Jerome Mathew.
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| Maria Susairaj: Accomplice or just a victim of circumstances! |
After his engagement, Mathew was getting more possessive about Maria, who was struggling to get a role in TV serials in Mumbai.
It was a phone call that led to the turn of events which devastated three families.
When Jerome called up his fiancee (Maria), who was at her home, she picked up the phone. Jerome heard Neeraj's voice in the background. He got suspicious.
Though Maria tried to clear up things, the possessive boyfriend wasn't satisfied.
He put down the phone and immediately took the flight from Kochi to Mumbai. Oblivious to his impending arrival, Maria and Neeraj were having fun at the flat.
Neeraj was helping Maria settle in the world of show biz. She also needed important contacts in the film industry. Neeraj Grover was getting close to her. They were spending the night together when the call came and the possessive Jerome flew down to Mumbai in the next couple of hours.
When Jerome knocked the door, they didn't expect it. They had been physically intimate that night. When Jerome saw Neeraj, allegedly without a shred of clothes on his body, inside the house, he had an argument. Infuriated, Jerome used the kitchen knife to stab Neeraj in cold blood.
After the murder, he allegedly kept cutting the body into pieces. Later, he allegedly had sexual intercourse with Maria. The question was how to dispose off the body. Maria got a car from a friend and the 'body' was stuffed in a sports bag, taken to a desolate place at Manor where it was burnt.
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| Lieutenant Jerome Mathew got 10 yrs jail for the murder |
But the search for Grover soon landed them in police net. Cell phone records proved that Neeraj had spent the night at her flat.
As evidences kept piling up, the story behind the spine chilling murder came out in the open. Both were arrested. The trial began in the case.
The Mumbai court.held Grover guilty and gave him ten years of rigorous imprisonment. In light of the serious nature of crime, the prison term may appear light but the reason was judge felt that seeing the fiancee in company of another person, was surely a provocation.
Maria Susairaj got away rather lightly. She was charged with destruction of evidence. She had three years to serve in jail. During the course of trial, she was incarcerated and hence, she didn't have to stay behind bards for long, and came out. Her lawyer had argued that she was just a victim of the circumstances.
The deceased, Neeraj Grover's father, Amarnath Grover, continues to fight, hoping that the higher court would give a stern punishment to Maria and Jerome. The Grover family that lives in Kanpur has been fighting the battle to get justice for their son.
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