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Pune IT Worker’s Killing: Three Arrested, Three Minors Detained as Police Probe Relationship Motive

Investigators cite CCTV leads, saying suspects lured the victim to an isolated hill before attacking with sharp weapons.

Athawale lived in the same building as a girl who he considered as his sister. One of the juvenile accused was in a relationship with her. Athawale came to know about it and informed the girl’s parents. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
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Overview

  • The body of 25-year-old Saurabh Swami Athawale was found on August 19 near the Old Katraj Tunnel, a day after his brother filed a missing-person complaint.
  • Police say CCTV analysis and other leads suggest the victim was called out on the pretext of a conversation and taken to a secluded hill stretch where he was killed.
  • Autopsy findings confirmed fatal sharp-weapon injuries, and officers have invoked Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 103(1) for murder, with Arms Act offences also reported.
  • Three adults — Shrimant Anil Gujje, 21; Sangam Namdeo Kshirsagar, 19; and Nitin Trimbak Shinde, 18 — were arrested, and three minors were detained in the case.
  • Officials attribute the attack to resentment over a juvenile’s relationship disclosed by the victim to the girl’s parents, with the adults remanded to police custody and the minors presented to the Juvenile Justice Board.