Overview
- Smita Suryawanshi, 42, and her son Pratik, 22, were arrested on Wednesday after police registered a case under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- The initial accidental death report was upgraded following a post-mortem that cited haemorrhage and shock from 38 injuries on constable Pravin Suryawanshi, 52.
- Investigators say the two assaulted him at home after a dispute and pushed him into a window that shattered, causing deep cuts to his right hand.
- Police allege he was left without medical help, and doctors at Sion Hospital later reported he died from blood loss and might have survived with prompt treatment.
- Detectives are examining a possible financial motive linked to property transfers in Nashik and Kalyan and the constable handing his ATM card to his brother.