Washington DC/IBNS, Nov. 6 -- An Indian-origin man accused of killing his wife has testified in court that he dismembered her body after allegedly finding her dead, media reports said.

Naresh Bhatt told the court that he had cut his 28-year-old wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, into pieces after she apparently died by suicide.

Bhatt claimed he found Mamta unconscious beside their bed, surrounded by vomit, after she allegedly consumed pills and a highly poisonous insecticide.

Bhatt made the confession five weeks into his trial, more than two years after his wife went missing.

Bhatt told the court that Mamta had gone to bed at around 8 pm on July 29, 2024, with their infant daughter.

He claimed he did not hear her come upstairs.

He claimed tha...