Mumbai, June 30: In the notorious Neeraj Grover murder case, former Kannad actress Maria Susairaj and her fiancee naval officer Emile Jerome Mathew were held guilty by the Mumbai court on Thursday.
The engaged couple was arrested in May 2008 for the murder of Grover, who was the brain behind quiz show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? hosted by Shah Rukh Khan.
Matthew allegedly killed Grover as he suspected Maria of having an affair with him. Grover was murdered in Maria’s apartment in suburban Mumbai on May 7.
Maria and Jerome allegedly chopped his body into several pieces, put the pieces into two bags and drove to Manor in neighbouring Thane district, where they burnt the body to dispose it.
The hearing began in April 2009 and has been based on circumstantial and scientific evidence. It ended with Maria and Matthew blaming each other.
–Agencies