Overview

• The accused is identified as Rajkumar Ramshiromani Sahu, 35, and the victim as his wife Jagrani, 32, in Pagote village in the Uran area of Navi Mumbai.
• Investigators allege he tied her hands and legs, doused her with kerosene, and set her on fire at their home in the early hours of August 25.
• He initially reported the death as a suicide, leading to an accidental-death entry before police registered a murder case on August 26.
• CCTV from the locality showed Sahu leaving the house after the incident, and the couple’s seven-year-old daughter told police she saw him set her mother on fire.
• A court has remanded Sahu to police custody until September 2, officers characterized the case as a brutal act of domestic violence, and the child has been placed under Child Welfare Committee care.