The Nayanagar police said on Monday they will have to rely solely on circumstantial evidence to build a case against the 56-year-old Mira Road resident, who allegedly killed his 32-year-old wife, then adopted gruesome methods to dispose of her body. They have sent to JJ hospital the 35 body parts of the woman retrieved from his flat. 

The police retrieved the 35 body parts and hair from the couple’s flat at Geeta Akashdeep CHS in Mira Road on Wednesday. The remains will help the forensic practitioners ascertain the presence of poison in her body, said sources.