Friday, 29, March, 2024

Turkish national Riza Beler, 61, killed his civil partneran Uzbek national Umida Tulyaganova, 40, with a stone on the head In Istanbul, on Thursday, the Cumhuriyet newspaper reported.

Reportedly, the murder took place at 5:30 am in an apartment in Bahcelievler district. Some time before, Riza Beler took out a loan of 17 thousand liras, because of which a quarrel broke out between him and Umida Tulyaganova on the night of the tragedy.

According to the newspaper, Riza Beler hit the woman on the head with a stone, dismembered her body, put the parts in garbage bags and put them in the refrigerator, intending to get rid of them later.

Neighbors, having heard the sounds of a quarrel from the couple's apartment, informed the police. Arriving at the scene, the police found the remains of the murdered woman and detained the suspect.

During the investigation, the investigation found that there had been disagreements between the suspect Riza Beler and Umida Tulyaganova for a long time over money and that Beler planned to kill the woman for this reason. He brought the stone to the house in advance.

According to him, the dispute arose because of the loan he took, for debts their apartment could be arrested. Riza Beler added that he regrets only that he killed the woman with whom he lived for a long time, in the month of Ramadan.

The man is now facing Premeditated murder with special cruelty or torture charge.

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