Indian man k!lls wife in Australia, dumps body in trash bin before fleeing to India

The family of an Indian man suspected of killing his wife and dumping her body in a trash can have reportedly made an extraordinary offer of land as restitution.

The Indian parents of the slain woman made the disclosure even as they attacked Australian authorities for not assisting them in bringing the corpse of their daughter back to her ancestral home.

Chaithanya ‘Swetha’ Madhagani’s body was found in a green wheelie bin on Mount Pollock Road in Buckley, west of Geelong, Victoria, Australia at 12pm on Saturday, March 8.

The woman’s husband Ashok Raj Varikuppala had already flown to India with their four-year-old son Ayra.

The next day he allegedly dropped the boy off with Ms Madhagani’s parents at their house in the south-central Indian city of Hyderabad.

Mr Varikuppala’s parents have reportedly since visited the same property to ‘apologise’ to Ms Madhagani’s mother and father for what their son allegedly did, offer them and Ayra four acres of land, while assuring that they would take care of the schooling of the boy.

Ms Madhagani’s maternal grandfather K Gopal, who also lives with her parents, told Daily Mail Australia the visit ‘happened a few days ago’.

‘They wanted to take care of their grandson,’ the 80-year-old said.

‘They offered 4 acres of land for him.

‘They expressed regret about the incident and apologised for whatever happened.

‘They remember Swetha as happy daughter-in-law.’

Mr Gopal said Mr Varikuppala’s parents had already enrolled Arya in a nearby school.

He also said they didn’t know where Mr Varikuppala was but ‘are being told he is absconding’.

Mr Gopal said when Mr Varikuppala visited he ‘expressed remorse’ over what had happened and said Ms Madhagani died because of an ‘altercation typical of any married couple’.

Ms Madhagani’s father, Balshetty Madhagani, told Daily Mail Australia Mr Varikuppala ‘apologised for what he did and left’.

‘He (Mr Varikuppala)  said they had an argument on a fateful day,’ Mr Madhagani said.

‘He brought the son here as he didn’t want him to become an orphan in Australia.’

Mr Madhagani also said he felt ‘very disappointed’ in Australian authorities.

‘No one from the Australian authorities approached us to offer any assistance,’ he said.

The green wheelie bin that contained Ms Madhagani’s body was found in a paddock near Geelong

‘I had to make all arrangements myself for the repatriation of the body.

‘I am eagerly waiting for the return of the mortal remains of my daughter, to have a last look.

‘I also request the Australian authorities to provide me the post-mortem report.’

It has also been reported the parents have asked for a photo of Ms Madhagani’s body.

The grieving dad also said the Indian police had failed to register his report of the incident happening because it was an Australian matter.

‘I hope strict action will be taken,’ Mr Madhagani said.

It was earlier reported by the ABC that Mr Varikuppala told Ms Madhagani’s parents he was trying to ‘mute’ their daughter during a quarrel with his hands and she suffocated.

Victoria Police said Varikuppala is a person of interest in their investigation of Ms Madhagani’s death and that he was still overseas despite his claim he would be returning to Australia.

Ms Madhagani and Mr Varikuppala were married for 12 years and had seemed happy by many reports from neighbours in the Point Cook suburb of Melbourne where the family had lived for three years.

However, close family friend Praveen Kumar Thopucherla – who has known the couple for seven years – told Daily Mail Australia that the family’s ‘internal problems’ were well known to friends, and described their marriage as ‘love and arranged’.