Pune Crime Files: Over 13 years after elderly retired engineer killed while watching World Cup match, case remains unsolved

On the time of his murder, his woman had gone to a spiritual function, and his lad and daughter-in-law were besides retired for work. Around 7.30 pm, immoderate employees of the state bureau came to the bungalow to manus implicit the regular postulation of currency of astir Rs 3.2 lakh. Dhamdhere, who was engaged watching the cricket match, asked his location assistance to support the container with the wealth connected the archetypal level of the bungalow. His assistance near the spot astir 8 pm, aft which Dhamdhere was unsocial astatine the house.

At astir 9.30 pm, erstwhile his lad and daughter-in-law reached home, they recovered Dhamdhere lying successful a excavation of humor adjacent arsenic the cricket lucifer was on. Soon, they called different household members, a doctor, and the state bureau manager connected the spot. After the doc confirmed that Dhamdhere had died, the household informed the police.

According to the police, Dhamdhere’s assemblage had much than 20 to 25 stab wounds. They besides recovered that the rear doorway of the bungalow was unfastened and the currency that the state bureau unit had near was missing. This led the constabulary to fishy that Dhamdhere was murdered with the intent of robbery.

After a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged astatine the Dattawadi Police Station (now Parvati Police Station), past elder constabulary inspector Vijaysinh Gaikwad launched a probe into the murder. Crime Branch officials besides initiated a parallel probe to place and apprehension the killer.

The constabulary interrogated astir 25 employees of the state agency, and besides questioned astir 300 criminals, peculiarly those having a erstwhile grounds of thefts and robberies. No CCTV footage was available.

The constabulary said neighbours, too, failed to announcement immoderate suspicious movements astatine Dhamdhere’s house. They added the radical successful the neighbourhood were besides watching the World Cup cricket lucifer and hence cipher heard immoderate sounds oregon screams from Dhamdhere’s bungalow erstwhile helium was murdered. The constabulary adjacent carried retired an probe considering the engagement of idiosyncratic who knew Dhamdhere precise well. But determination was nary breakthrough.

Vijaysinh Gaikwad, who retired arsenic an adjunct commissioner of police, said the constabulary carried retired a rigorous probe but the lawsuit remained unsolved.

People who knew Dhamdhere said helium was a precise adjuvant idiosyncratic and was progressive successful societal activities aft his retirement.