chennai a day after a moneylender was found murdered in royapuram without some of his body parts including the head police launched a search in the adyar riverthe royapuram police arrested m waseem basha 35 his sister thameem banu 40 and her boyfriend k dilli babu 29 all from royapuram for murder after they recovered the body of y chakarapani 65 of manali a businessmancummoneylender from thameem banus house the body mutilated beyond recognition was found stuffed in a gunny bagon saturday morning police launched an operation in the adyar river after as the accused told them they had dumped chakrapanis severed head there hours before police reached thameem banus house at grace garden other parts were dumped in thiruvottyurpolice said they had managed to get 70 of the body they also recovered cctv camera footage of the accused approaching adyar river in dilli babus auto rickshaw we dont know if the head would be in shape to confirm his identity we have sent the dna samples a police officer saidduring the course of interrogations police found that chakarapani visited the womans house at her invitation the accused had already bought long knives from a butcher to murder chakrapani and decided to take away the jewellery from him it appears like the accused were planning to flush away the body after chopping it into small pieces the officer added chakarapani developed a relationship with thameem banu when she lived in manali after he lent her money to her as part of his business he continued the relationship even after thameem banu shifted to royapuram and visited her on may 6 on her invitation he visited her again on may 10 when the murder happenedthameem banus husband aslam hussaini who sells clothes on the pavement rarely visits home and this came in handy for thr accused to commit the offence police said they committed the offence on tuesday may 10 and chopped it on thursday may 12 and started disposing of the parts on friday