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Mumbai Double Murder: Accused Sent To 14-Days Judicial Custody

Accused In Hema Upadhyay Murder Sent To 14-Days Judicial Custody
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INDIA - AUGUST 30: Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine ) (Photo by Mandar Deodhar/The India Today Group/Getty Images)

MUMBAI -- A Mumbai Court on Monday sent all the four accused in the Hema Upadhyay murder case to 14-day judicial custody.

Earlier today, the four accused namely Vijay Kumar Rajbhar, Pradip Kumar Rajbhar, Azad Rajbhar and Shiv Kumar Rajbhar were produced before the Borivali court.

Upadhyay's estranged husband Chintan Upadhyay was earlier this month arrested by the Mumbai Police in connection with the murder of his wife and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani.

The bodies of Upadhyay and her lawyer, wrapped in plastic sheets, were found inside cardboard cartons dumped in a sewer in Kandivali on 12 December.

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Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine )(01 of12)
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INDIA - AUGUST 30: Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine ) (Photo by Mandar Deodhar/The India Today Group/Getty Images) (credit:The India Today Group via Getty Images)
Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine )(02 of12)
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INDIA - AUGUST 30: Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine ) (Photo by Mandar Deodhar/The India Today Group/Getty Images) (credit:The India Today Group via Getty Images)
Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine )(03 of12)
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INDIA - AUGUST 30: Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine ) (Photo by Mandar Deodhar/The India Today Group/Getty Images) (credit:The India Today Group via Getty Images)
Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine )(04 of12)
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INDIA - AUGUST 30: Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine ) (Photo by Mandar Deodhar/The India Today Group/Getty Images) (credit:The India Today Group via Getty Images)
The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today - London(05 of12)
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Work Tilted 'Killing Site' By 'Hema Upadhyay' Taken Durning The Press View Of The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today. Saatchi Gallery. London. (Photo by John Phillips/UK Press via Getty Images) (credit:John Phillips via Getty Images)
Indian artist Hema Upadhyay poses in fro(06 of12)
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Indian artist Hema Upadhyay poses in front of her 'Think Left, Think Right, Think Low, Think Tight' installation at the Paris's Pompidou Centre on May 23, 2011 during an exhibition entitled 'Paris, Delhi, Bombay...' and devoted to the Indian art today. The event runs from May 25 to September 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO / PEIRRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIERRE VERDY via Getty Images)
Indian artist Hema Upadhyay poses in fro(07 of12)
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Indian artist Hema Upadhyay poses in front of her 'Think Left, Think Right, Think Low, Think Tight' installation at the Paris's Pompidou Centre on May 23, 2011 during an exhibition entitled 'Paris, Delhi, Bombay...' and devoted to the Indian art today. The event runs from May 25 to September 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO / PEIRRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIERRE VERDY via Getty Images)
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Indian artist Hema Upadhyay poses next to her 'Think Left, Think Right, Think Low, Think Tight' installation at the Paris's Pompidou Centre on May 23, 2011 during an exhibition entitled 'Paris, Delhi, Bombay...' and devoted to the Indian art today. The event runs from May 25 to September 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO / PEIRRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIERRE VERDY via Getty Images)
Indian artist Hema Upadhyay looks at her(09 of12)
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Indian artist Hema Upadhyay looks at her 'Think Left, Think Right, Think Low, Think Tight' installation at the Paris's Pompidou Centre on May 23, 2011 during an exhibition entitled 'Paris, Delhi, Bombay...' and devoted to the Indian art today. The event runs from May 25 to September 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO / PEIRRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIERRE VERDY via Getty Images)
Hindustan Times Kala Ghoda Arts Festival(10 of12)
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MUMBAI, INDIA - FEBRUARY 7: People watch art installation of Artist Hema Upadhyay at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station during the Hindustan Times Kala Ghoda Arts Festival on Day 1, on February 7, 2015 in Mumbai, India. The Hindustan Times Kala Ghoda Arts Festival (KGAF) is one of the most popular cultural fests in Mumbai that draws art lovers from all over the city. Apart from the various art and music attractions at this year's event, a highlight will also be the smoke-free venue. It's an initiative taken by Fortis Healthcare, the official healthcare partner of KGAF 2015. (Photo by Pratham Gokhale/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Hindustan Times Kala Ghoda Arts Festival(11 of12)
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MUMBAI, INDIA - FEBRUARY 7: People watch art installation of Artist Hema Upadhyay at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station during the Hindustan Times Kala Ghoda Arts Festival on Day 1, on February 7, 2015 in Mumbai, India. The Hindustan Times Kala Ghoda Arts Festival (KGAF) is one of the most popular cultural fests in Mumbai that draws art lovers from all over the city. Apart from the various art and music attractions at this year's event, a highlight will also be the smoke-free venue. It's an initiative taken by Fortis Healthcare, the official healthcare partner of KGAF 2015. (Photo by Pratham Gokhale/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Britain Art Auction(12 of12)
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A Sotheby'e employee looks at Hema Upadhyay's painting 'Killing Site' estimated at 20,000-30,000 pounds (32,000-48,500 US dollars) at Sotheby's auction rooms in London, Thursday, May 26, 2011. The painting will be auctioned in the South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art Sale on May 31. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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