Overview
- Police recovered the bodies of a couple from the Tapi River in Dhule district after they were found floating with an iron chain and padlock binding their legs.
- Authorities identified the victims as Shyam Hari Patil and his wife Sapna Patil, who came from Amalner taluka and had married a few months earlier.
- A case was registered at Nardana police station and the bodies were taken to the rural hospital in Nardana for post-mortem examinations.
- Officers say it is not yet clear if the deaths were suicide or homicide and that investigators are collecting forensic and circumstantial evidence.
- Relatives gathered at the scene and police warnings that forensic results and further inquiries will determine motive and whether any arrests will follow.