70-year-old woman murdered in Daund, severed head yet to be found

A joint investigation by Daund police station and Local Crime Branch of Pune Rural police was launched. Within 12 hours of the case being registered, the police arrested two suspects Vikram Dhanraj Alhat (26), a resident of Samtanagar in Daund and Prasad Babulal Chavan (20), a resident of Nagarmori in Daund.

“Preliminary investigation suggests that the deceased and the accused had been involved in disputes over petty issues. One of the disputes was related to the accused neighbour rearing pigeons. The deceased would often argue with him over the pigeons and dogs that came to prey on them. The accused appear to have been harbouring a grudge over these arguments, and the murder is suspected to have been a fallout of the dispute,” a Pune Rural police officer said.

The two accused were arrested and remanded to five days’ police custody, the officer said. “We are yet to recover the severed head of the deceased. Further investigation is underway,” the officer added. The probe was closely monitored by Pune Rural Superintendent of Police Sandeep Singh Gill and Additional SP Ganesh Biradas and Deputy SP Baburao Dadas.