It took 200 days for 100 policemen, 15 police officers and a team of forensic experts to crack the sensational murder case of an eight-year-old girl whose body was found inside a dry well in a small hamlet, 95 kilometres from Sangli.

The investigating team had come under tremendous pressure for not being able to crack the case. The incident was even discussed during the monsoon session in Nagpur. On Saturday, the Special Metropolitan Magistrate court, Sangli, remanded a 70-year-old distant relative of the victim in custody, after he confessed to the crime.