Mumbai Crime: Woman police constable arrested for colleague's 'murder'

A woman constable and two others have been arrested for the alleged murder of a 54yearold policeman who died in a hitandrun incident at Panvel in neighbouring Navi Mumbai last month an official said on ThursdayPolice naik Shivaji M Sanap died after a Nano car hit him near Panvel railway station on the night of August 15But after his wife suspected foul play the police began to probe the murder angle and finally arrested constable Shital Pansare 29 Sanaps colleague at Nehru Nagar police station in Mumbai and her two accomplices the police official saidSanap lived in Pune from where he traveled to Mumbai every day via PanvelFrom CCTV footage a team of Panvel police led by senior inspector Ajaykumar Landge zeroed in on two persons who seemed to have followed him at Kurla railway station on August 15 the official saidAlso read Mumbai Man held for putting girlrsquos number on porn site sending her sex toysProbe revealed that Sanap and Pansare did not get along well and FIRs had been registered against Sanap on her complaint for alleged sexual harassment in 2019Police also learnt that Pansare had married one Dhanraj Jadhav in 2018 who later left her and was now living in ChennaiPansare had allegedly wanted to kill Sanap for the last two years and had asked her husband to help her according to police When he refused to help she lodged a complaint for obscenity against him following which he left Mumbai said the officialThe police approached Dhanraj Jadhav who identified one of the suspects seen in the CCTV footage at Kurla as Vishal Baban Jadhav 18 son of the watchman at the housing complex where Pansare lived Vishals questioning led the police to Ganesh Laxman Chavan alias Mudawath 21 who was arrested from Vikarabad in Telangana on WednesdayThe duo allegedly told police that Pansare had hatched the conspiracy to kill Sanap and roped them in to stage a hitandrun accidentThe accused had tried to burn the car after the crime the official said adding that it has been recovered by the investigators Search is on for some more suspects in the case he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever