A woman's decomposed body was discovered in a refrigerator in a rented room in MP's Dewas. The body had been there for over six months. The police arrested the suspect, Sanjay Patidar, who was her live-in partner. Patidar confessed to killing her with a friend's help and leaving the body in the fridge.
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