Overview
- The body of 12-year-old Sairaj Ganesh Manjare was found semi-naked near a well in a sugarcane field in Dahivadi, Shirur taluka, after he went missing following school.
- Superintendent of Police Sandeep Singh Gill said injuries pointed to homicide, prompting a coordinated investigation by Pune Rural Police.
- Officers arrested a 25-year-old farmer, a distant relative of the latest victim, and say evidence links him to this killing and the 2024 death at the same spot.
- Investigators are examining the possibility of sexual assault in both cases, including an unconfirmed line of inquiry involving resistance to a same-sex act.
- The earlier death of 11-year-old Yash Gaikwad was initially registered as accidental with a suspected leopard attack, a conclusion police now re-examine as forensic testing and interrogations continue.