PUNE: The crime branch, Pune, on Monday claimed to have cracked the murder case of electronics engineer Urvashi Laxman Dhavale, saying that her husband Arvind Waman Ghadole of Nagpur had given ���supari��� (money for contract killing) for the job. Eight suspects, including Ghadole (43), have been arrested.
Ghadole, who has confessed to his involvement in the murder, wanted to get rid of his wife as he was fed up fighting five court cases filed by her for seeking divorce, the police said.
Dhavale also wanted a share in the flat on Sus road in Pune, which was jointly owned by her and Ghadole, the police said.
The other suspects have been identified as Uday Pralhad Deshpande (28) and Raju Bhagvati Chaudhari (52) of Badalapur in Thane district and Wilson Moses Murty (20), Sharad Trambak Sose (27), Shirshak alias Golu Ramesh Narnavare (20), Ganesh Devidas Gaikwad (25) and Sachin Sharad Meshram (26), all from Nagpur.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by assistant commissioner of police (crime) Sangramsingh Nishandar nabbed Deshpande and Chaudhari at Badalapur and the remaining suspects in Nagpur.