TANDOOR MURDER CASE

Sushil Sharma, a Congress party leader murdered his wife in a fit of rage after he suspected of having an affair with another party member. Sharma’s wife was shot dead at their home on July 2, 1995 and her body was chopped into pieces and stuffed into a tandoor or open clay oven at a popular restaurant in the heart of Delhi managed by the politician’s friend. Policemen patrolling the area saw thick smoke from the tandoor and found her dismembered half-burnt body. Mr Sharma fled, but was arrested a week later. The trial and high court ruled that he should be hanged by Supreme court changed that to a life imprisonment. Sushil Sharma was let go in 2015 after he served a 20 year jail sentence.