India, March 19 -- After a four-day search, the Mandvi police on Tuesday recovered the torso of the woman whose head was found in a suitcase dumped along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway last Thursday night. The police found the body in a drain after searching for four hours on Tuesday.

The incident came to light on Friday. The skull of Utpala Hippargi, 51, a resident of Rehmat Nagar in Nalasopara, was found in a bush near Pirkunda Dargah in Virar Phata. A team of Mandovi Police and Crime Branch 3 investigated the case. Her identity was confirmed from a bullion wallet found at the scene. After a technical investigation, the woman's husband Harish Hippargi, 49, was arrested on Saturday.

On January 8, Harish strangled her and then took her ne...