Overview
- The four men are accused of abducting, strangling and partially burning a 25-year-old before dumping the bound body in a Sukhed village well on February 6.
- Police identified the suspects as head constable Bapu (Bandu) Bhise of Rabale MIDC police station, along with Vijay Pawar, Kiran Vikas Gaikwad and Srinivas Lone.
- Review of CCTV and toll-plaza footage led investigators to a Honda City registered to Bhise, who was traced to Kalamboli before the others were arrested.
- An FIR at Lonand police station cites Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 103(1) for murder and 238 for causing disappearance of evidence, and a magistrate granted seven days of police custody.
- Officers attribute the alleged crime to jealousy over a relationship involving Bhise’s partner, though reports differ on the victim’s exact name and age.