The Hema Upadhyay-Haresh Bhambani murder case is one of the most gruesome, high-profile murder cases that has caught the public’s attention for the last two years. On 12 December 2015, the bodies of celebrated Mumbai-based artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Haresh Bhambani were found stuffed in cardboard boxes in a drain in Kandivali. From this point a story packed with contract killers took shape. It threw light on Hema’s failed marriage, and a murder charge against her artist husband, Chintan Upadhyay.
The case promises to be a long-drawn trial and investigation, with a primary chargesheet that runs into more than 2,000 pages, 30 witnesses, an absconding prime accused, and a husband who is indignant about his innocence. Here’s a lowdown on the case until now.