Jaunpur Double Murder: Son held for killing parents, dumping body parts in river
Dec 18, 2025
Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 18 : A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his parents and dumping their body parts in the Gomti River in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The accused, Ambesh Kumar, was taken into custody by the police on December 15, based on a complaint filed by his sister, Vandana Devi.
According to the police, Ambesh had an argument with his parents, Sham Bihari and Babita Devi, on December 8, which led to a heated altercation. In a fit of rage, Ambesh allegedly attacked and killed his parents, cutting their bodies into pieces and disposing of them in six sacks.
The police recovered one sack containing the father's body parts from the river and are still searching for the other sacks.
The motive behind the gruesome murder is believed to be a family dispute. The police are investigating the matter and trying to recover the remaining body parts.
"A missing person report was filed on December 14th by Vandana Devi, the daughter of the deceased Sham Bagh and Babita Devi, stating that her parents had been missing since December 8th and her brother, Ambesh Kumar, had been missing since December 12th. On the 15th, we recovered Ambesh... He told us that on the 8th, at around 7-8 PM, he was at his home and had an argument with his parents, which made him angry. He then attacked his mother and then his father... He cut his parents' bodies into pieces with a saw and then put them into six sacks. At 5 AM, he put the sacks in his car and threw them into the Gomti River... We have recovered 1 sack with the father's body parts... The motive was family dispute..."," SP Jaunpur, Ayush Kumar Srivastava told reporters on Thursday.
Earlier in the other part of Uttar Pradesh, at least four people lost their lives and 25 others sustained injuries after several buses caught fire following a massive collision on the Delhi-Agra Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district during the early hours of Tuesday, officials said.
According to the police, the accident occurred at Yamuna Expressway's Milestone 127 amid low visibility caused by dense fog. Soon after the incident, police teams and fire department personnel rushed to the scene to carry out rescue and relief operations. As many as 11 fire tenders were deployed to douse the flames and rescue trapped passengers.
