A court in Maharashtra's Thane district remanded the accused who had allegedly killed his live-in partner and dismembered her body to destroy evidence, in judicial custody till July 6

Last week, the court had extended till June 22 his police custody. But at the end of the police remand, he was produced before judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) M D Nanavare, who remanded him in judicial custody till July 6

The investigating officer also presented the case diary to the court. The police had on June 7 recovered the chopped body parts of the victim. It is suspected that she was allegedly murdered on June 4 after which the accused allegedly stuffed her body parts in buckets, boiled and roasted some of the flesh and also fed it to dogs to dispose of evidence of the crime

The crime came to light after neighbours complained of a foul smell emanating from the flat of the suspect following which the police had rushed to the spot

The Nayanagar police in Mira Road also conducted a psychological test of the accused to check the mental health of him