India, July 21 -- The Manpada police in Dombivli on Monday recovered a chopped, decomposed body from a rented apartment in Thane, after the tenant allegedly sent a voice message to the flat owner, saying she had killed her boyfriend and left his body in the bathroom and requesting him to cremate the deceased.

Both the deceased, 37-year-old Hamidilla Islam, and the accused, identified only as Hasiba, were from West Bengal and aged 35-40 years, police officials familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times.

"When we broke open the door at Ajay Patil's flat in Neelkanth Society on Malang Road in Kalyan East, we found a male body in a highly decomposed state, stuffed inside a gunny bag in the bathroom. We have sent the body for a post-morte...