Mumbai:  In a gory end to love triangle, a film actress and her naval officer boyfriend were arrested today for allegedly murdering a 25-year-old creative head of a reputed TV production house and disposing of his body after chopping it to pieces.

"The murder was a fallout of a love triangle. A case of missing was registered by Neeraj Grover's parents on May 7 as the creative head was not traceable," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria told reporters here.

Marrayya Monica Susayraj (27), who has acted in four Kannada films, arrived in Mumbai in March this year trying to get into Hindi serials and had also auditioned for the newer version of Mahabharata. She came in contact with Grover while applying for work and both probably started "going around".

"The actress had shifted to a new apartment in suburban Malad recently and Grover went to her place late on night on May 6 and volunteered to help her in putting things in place," Maria said.

At around 0200 hours on May 7,she received a call from her boyfriend of over 18 months Lt M L Jerome Mathew (25) who asked her not to entertain Grover.

Mathew probably took the first flight out of Kochi where he is based and knocked at Marrayya's door at 0730 hours the next morning. An altercation broke out between Mathew and Grover which ended with the latter being stabbed to death by the naval officer, Maria said.

Marrayya went to a nearby mall and made a host of purchases which included a few knives, curtain cloth, bed linen and sports bag.

"The couple chopped the body into pieces, replaced the blood-stained pieces of cloth and packed the body into the bags," Maria said.

Source : PTI