Overview
- Warje-Malwadi police arrested Samir Punjabrao Jadhav, 42, in the killing of his wife, Anjali Jadhav, 38, in a case investigators describe as premeditated.
- Officers say Jadhav strangled Anjali on October 26 at a godown he rented near Gogalwadi Phata, burned the body in a fabricated iron box, then scattered the ashes in a river early on October 27.
- Investigators cite CCTV footage, call records, and inconsistencies in Jadhav’s statements as the technical evidence that led to his custodial confession.
- According to police, he had watched the film Drishyam multiple times and used it as a guide for disposing of the body, and he had prepared the site with wood, fuel, and a custom furnace.
- An FIR under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered at Warje police station, and the probe has been transferred to Rajgad police for further investigation, with jealousy over an alleged affair reported as the suspected motive.