Overview
- Warje-Malwadi and Pune city police arrested Samir Punjabrao Jadhav, 42, who admitted to killing his wife during sustained interrogation.
- Investigators say he prepared for weeks, renting a Shindewadi godown and building a fabrication kiln after repeatedly watching the film Drishyam.
- On October 26, police allege he took Anjali Jadhav on an outing, strangled her at the godown around 10 pm, burned the body, and scattered ashes in a river hours later.
- Two days after the killing he filed a missing-person complaint, but CCTV showed the couple leaving together and him returning alone, prompting scrutiny.
- An FIR for murder under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita has been registered, and the investigation has been transferred to Rajgad Police.