Officials of the Chakan police station arrested a 28-year-old man for sacrificing a 25-year-old man and his 60-year-old mother at two different locations. Police officials said the accused, who was arrested on Sunday, committed the crime after a godman who had visited the village a few days ago told him that sacrificing a man and a woman would make him wealthy.

The arrested accused was identified as Sunil Pachange. A resident of Medankarwadi in Chakan, Pachange is a tabla player by profession. Officials said while Dhananjay Jagtap’s body was found at a secluded spot near Lonavla on April 18, his mother Durga’s body was recovered from a well in Pimpalgaon near Chakan on April 20.