Man held for killing mother-in-law, burning her body with aides’ help: Police

The body was later identified as that of 50-year-old woman Sushila Patil and an FIR was registered against unidentified persons on charges of murder and destruction of evidence.

The police checked several hours of CCTV footage over a large area and it was visuals of the woman’s son-in-law, Nandeshwar Puwar, purchasing petrol in a bottle from a pump that became “clinching evidence”. SP Patel said, “The deceased woman has a son and a daughter.
She used to live with her son in Mumbai but since her daughter in Morbi had sought a share of her father’s property, her brother had asked her to help take care of their mother and so Sushila Patil had come to Morbi to stay with the daughter and son-in-law.”

He added, “The accused, after his arrest, told us that for several years now, he had tolerated the “bad behaviour” of his mother-in-law who kept getting into arguments with them and also “misbehaved” with her grandchildren. So Puwar asked his acquaintance Rahul Pandor and another third person to help him murder Patil and promised that he would pay them Rs 50,000.”

The murder took place on the intervening night of October 12 and 13. “The three accused persons went into the house outside Morbi town, held Patil’s hands and feet, and killed her by asphyxiation,” said Patel.

They then took the body to Halvad near Andarna village and burnt it around 50 metres from a highway. Forensic tests revealed that petrol had been used in the act, giving the police its first clue to solving the case.

When the police reached Puwar’s home, he had fled. However, a team of Morbi police were in Ahmedabad and they caught him from the train and brought him back to Morbi, where he was placed under arrest.

The other two co-accused persons have fled to Rajasthan and a search is on for them, said SP Patel.

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