Maharashtra: Man kills wife, gets caught transporting her body in Pune district

The police said that a man allegedly killed his 26yearold wife and was caught transporting her body on a scooter in Maharashtras Pune district on Tuesday reported news agency PTIBased on a tipoff a patrolling team of police intercepted the 28yearold accused who was riding his twowheeler in the Nanded City area in the wee hours of the day an official said reported PTIHe said the team found the womans body stuffed in a gunny sackThe accused Rakesh Nishar allegedly strangled his wife Babita at their apartment in the Dhayari area after a domestic dispute the official said reported PTIHe said The police control room received a call around 130 am about a man transporting a body on a scooter A patrolling team intercepted the vehicle and found a womans body stuffed in a gunny sack reported PTIThe official said Nishar a labourer from Uttar Pradesh was arrested under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSWoman among 3 held for murder of Nashik man in ThaneIn another incident the police have arrested three individuals including a woman in connection with the murder of a man from Maharashtras Nashik district whose body was found in Thane district and they suspect the crime was a fallout of an extramarital affair an official said on Monday reported PTIThe arrests were made following a joint operation by the Local Crime Branch LCB and the Shahapur police in the district a senior officer saidThe arrested accused were identified by the police as Vasim Pathan 32 Rahul Gunjal 24 and the woman Shital Keshav Fodse reported PTIAn investigation was initiated after the body of an unidentified man estimated to be aged between 25 and 30 years was found on the roadside in Umbarkhand village on April 30 The Shahapur police filed a case under BNS sections related to murder and destruction of evidence against unidentified individuals after a postmortem examination revealed injuries indicative of homicide he saidTwo teams were formed to crack the case one led by Senior Inspector SI Suresh Manore of the LCB and the other by SI Jitendra Thakur of the Shahapur police The teams visited the crime scene reviewed CCTV footage and scrutinized missing persons reports from across the state according to the official reported PTITheir efforts yielded a crucial lead when they identified the deceased as Ashok Sukhdeo Madhe a resident of Savtamalinagar in Sinnar taluka of Nashik district around 150km from Thane His body was dumped in Thane district to destroy evidence he saidSubsequent inquiries in Madhes village revealed he was last been seen with one Vasim Pathan also from the same village and had not returned home the official said reported PTIPolice detained Pathan 32 who upon interrogation confessed to the murder and later his associate Gunjal 24 was arrested he saidFurther investigation found the duo committed the crime under instructions of Shital Fodse a resident of Bahandardara Wadi under Igatpuri taluka of Nashik district and she was subsequently arrested according to the officialThe investigation revealed the murder was a result of an extramarital affair between the victim and Shital Fodse who allegedly hired Pathan and Gunjal to eliminate Madhe after their relationship soured he addedWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params