A missing husband, an Australia story, and a body beneath a factory

4 min readAhmedabadJul 30, 2026 06:18 PM IST The Jamnagar police arrested the victim's wife and two alleged accomplices after uncovering the suspected burial site. (Express Photo) For more than two years, Jignesh Mavadiya had simply vanished. His wife, Pruthvi alias Bhoomi, told relatives he had moved to Australia for work and that he did not want to speak to anyone. As time passed, she gave them several explanations as Jignesh’s family kept asking her about his whereabouts. On Thursday morning, that mystery took a chilling turn.The Jamnagar police arrested Pruthvi, along with Nilesh Mansukh Kachhatiya and Balram Deviram Verma, accusing them of poisoning Jignesh with cyanide-laced liquor on May 31, 2024, and burying his body in a 12-foot-deep grave beneath a factory in Dared GIDC that Jign