--- description: He was being monitored by police for links to his estranged wife's killing title: Indian Artist's Husband Arrested in Mumbai for Her Murder image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8ca1b037c2c613d/6988767a524fc01c8cdf6064/gettyimages-88949175.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Husband of a Famous Indian Artist Has Been Arrested in Mumbai for Links to His Wife's Murder by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2015 8:53 AM CUT  Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on Aug. 30, 2007. Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on Aug. 30, 2007.Mandar Deodhar—The India Today Group/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2015 8:53 AM CUT The husband of a prominent Indian artist under scrutiny for her murder was [arrested](http://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/murdered-mumbai-artist-hema-upadhyays-estranged-husband-chintan-upadhyay-arrested-1257585 "undefined") in Mumbai early Tuesday after a lengthy overnight interrogation, police said. Chintan Upadhyay was placed under arrest at 3:30 a.m. local time after being detained Monday night for questioning on the murder of his wife, Indian broadcaster NDTV reported. Hema Upadhyay, a 42-year-old artist from Mumbai, was found dead last week along with her lawyer Harish Bhambhani in a storm drain in the city. A man from northern India [confessed](http://time.com/4148865/hema-upadhyay-harish-bhambhani-confession-murder-mumbai/ "undefined") to killing the duo along with four others, all of whom have been arrested. Upadhyay’s estranged husband, a well-known artist in his own right, was being monitored by police for reported links to the double murder. \[[_NDTV_](http://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/murdered-mumbai-artist-hema-upadhyays-estranged-husband-chintan-upadhyay-arrested-1257585 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4158362/chintan-hema-upadhyay-arrested-wife-murder-artist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4158362/chintan-hema-upadhyay-arrested-wife-murder-artist/"},"headline":"The Husband of a Famous Indian Artist Has Been Arrested in Mumbai for Links to His Wife's Murder","datePublished":"2015-12-22T08:53:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:34:49.906Z","description":"Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer were found dead last week","url":"https://time.com/4158362/chintan-hema-upadhyay-arrested-wife-murder-artist/","keywords":["Murder","Crime","India","arrested","husband","Mumbai"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8ca1b037c2c613d/6988767a524fc01c8cdf6064/gettyimages-88949175.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8ca1b037c2c613d/6988767a524fc01c8cdf6064/gettyimages-88949175.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine )","caption":"Hema Upadhyay, Artist at her Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ( for IT Woman Magazine )","creditText":"Mandar Deodhar—The India Today Group/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4158362/chintan-hema-upadhyay-arrested-wife-murder-artist/","name":"The Husband of a Famous Indian Artist Has Been Arrested in Mumbai for Links to His Wife's Murder"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Man Admits To Indian Artist's Murder, 'Mastermind' Still Missing","description":"A man says he was ordered to kill Hema Upadhyay because she owed someone money.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bPjEHjV8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-15T15:46:14.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bPjEHjV8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4158362/chintan-hema-upadhyay-arrested-wife-murder-artist/","duration":"PT46S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4158362/chintan-hema-upadhyay-arrested-wife-murder-artist/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```