Overview
- The 30-year-old victim, Mahesh Bhagwat Gaikwad, was found unresponsive at his parents' Ramnagar home after a late-night visit on the night of August 24, and his brother later filed a complaint that reopened the case.
- Medical examiners reported death by asphyxia along with head and facial injuries, and investigators have registered a murder case following those findings.
- Police say the father, Bhagwat Suryabhan Gaikwad, assaulted Mahesh—punching, kicking and striking his head and face—and have arrested him on murder charges.
- Mahesh’s mother, Parvati Gaikwad, was arrested on allegations she cleaned blood at the scene and attempted to conceal evidence after the incident.
- Neighbors and police cite a backdrop of Shravan dietary observance, Mahesh’s reported alcohol use, unemployment and a prior marital separation as recurring family tensions, and investigators say the probe is continuing to establish the full sequence of events.