Pune Crime Files: When a man chopped his wife’s head and walked with it on a city road

During interrogation, the antheral identified himself arsenic Ramchandra Sheu Chavan, past 53, and said the caput helium was holding was that of his woman Sonabai Chavan, aged astir 45 years. According to the constabulary probe, Chavan, a autochthonal of Gulbarga successful Karnataka who had been surviving successful Pune for the past 40 years, worked arsenic a watchman astatine the Oswal Plot adjacent Ganga Osian Park successful Sukhsagar Nagar. Chavan lived connected the Oswal crippled with his wife, sons Rajesh and Umesh, daughter-in-law Sunita, and 2 grandsons. His 2 daughters were joined and lived extracurricular Pune.

They said Chavan allegedly killed his woman with the axe, pursuing a quarrel implicit his suspicion that she was having an matter with a household member. On the time of the murder, aft his sons near for work, Chavan allegedly had a heated statement with Sonabai. As the quarrel worsened, helium allegedly locked his daughter-in-law and grandsons successful the location and attacked Sonabai with the axe. The constabulary said helium allegedly chopped disconnected her head, picked it up and the axe and started walking towards Rajesh Society successful the area.

They arrested Chavan for her execution nether Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They besides invoked IPC Section 498 (enticing distant a joined pistillate with the intent that she whitethorn person an illicit narration with idiosyncratic else) against him. The First Information Report (FIR) was lodged by his daughter-in-law lodged astatine the Bharati Vidyapeeth Police Station.

They recorded the statements of his household members and eyewitnesses who saw him walking with his wife’s head. The constabulary said Chavan, who did not person immoderate erstwhile transgression record, allegedly murdered her connected the spur of the moment. When the constabulary produced him earlier a tribunal successful Pune to question his custody for further investigation, a radical of women tried to onslaught him. But the constabulary shifted him to different spot.

In January 2016, the constabulary submitted a chargesheet against Chavan earlier a magistrate tribunal successful Pune. Citing the post-mortem report, the constabulary claimed determination were 26 stab wounds connected Sonabai’s body, and said Chavan attacked her aggregate times and past beheaded her.

Chavan pleaded not blameworthy earlier the court, saying helium did not execution his wife. He continues to beryllium successful jail. Defence lawyer Sangram Kolhatkar said, “The lawsuit is pending earlier the court. We person examined implicit 20 witnesses. Police witnesses are yet to beryllium examined…”