Overview
- Villagers found a badly charred human corpse in the Rajmati forest near Chinchavali on April 11 and police initially treated the case as a blind murder because the body was unrecognizable.
- Investigators identified the victim as 30-year-old Anitadevi (Anita) Bhagwan Rajbhar by matching jewellery and physical features with a missing-person report and circulating details through the CID network.
- Police linked mobile-call records and CCTV footage to 27-year-old brick supplier Karan Namdev Patil and say he was arrested on Monday, June 8 and remanded to police custody for further probe.
- Authorities allege Patil killed the woman after a relationship dispute, striking her with an iron rod and burning the body with petrol to destroy evidence, but police said forensic work is ongoing to corroborate those claims.
- The case is registered under Sections 103(1) and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and police teams continue to develop technical and forensic evidence while the investigation proceeds.