2 held for killing woman linked to Beed sarpanch case in Maharashtra

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The Kalamb police in Dharashiv district arrested two suspects on charges of murdering a woman who was at the centre of a row over a purported bid to implicate slain Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in an alleged rape case.Amid allegations about an attempt to divert attention by floating a theory that Deshmukh was murdered for raping a woman, the CID's special investigation team had recorded the woman's statement as part of their probe into the murder case.The woman's decomposed body was found Monday in her house at Dwarkanagari area of Kalamb, following which a case of murder was registered based on an advance postmortem examination opinion.A Dharashiv police officer, who did not wish to be named, told TOI, "The breakthrough came when one of the suspects disclosed the murder to one of their contacts, who, in turn, alerted Kalamb police. Later, a police team broke into the victim's house, which was locked from outside, and found her decomposed body." Doctors from the civil hospital were brought to the crime scene where an autopsy was performed," the Dharashiv police officer added. Police identified the arrested duo as Rameshwar alias Ramya Bhosale and his friend Usman Syed, both from Kaij tehsil in Beed. Rameshwar told them during his questioning that the woman was harassing him as they were in a relationship.Dharashiv's additional SP Amna Shafaqat said, "We will produce the arrested men before the court on Wednesday to secure their custodial remand. Rameshwar, who used to work as a driver with the victim, confessed to having murdered her by hitting her on the head with a hammer. He claimed that he was frustrated by her harassment."The officer said Rameshwar also claimed he stayed in the same house for two days after the murder. Later he left by locking up from outside.