Two unusual WhatsApp statuses proved crucial for police officers investigating the mysterious death of a 27-year-old woman in Virar. Now, efforts are being made to arrest her husband, who with the help of his friend, had allegedly killed her inside their house and fled after leaving the body to rot.

The day when the accused Vaibhav Patil was about to kill his wife, Priyanka, his WhatsApp statuses read, ‘Sorry mami papa me mhotha paul aaj ghenar aahe (I’m going to take a big step today)’ and ‘sorry tai’, followed by a folded-hands emoji. The Virar police were perplexed after the body was recovered from the house on February 1.