5 relatives held for murder after 7 of family found dead ‘Lack of evidence’ sees 7 acquitted in attempt to murder under MCOCA

First India Bureau

First India Bureau

Pune: Seven members of a family, including three children, whose bodies were discovered in the Bheema riverbed in Pune, may have been murdered by their relatives over a previous incident involving the death of the son of one of the accused, a police official said on Wednesday.

Based on their investigation into the deaths of Mohan Pawar (45), his wife Sangita Mohan (40), their daughter Rani Fulware (24), sonin-law Shyam Fulware (28), and three children aged between three and seven years, police have arrested five siblings, who are cousins of the deceased Pawar.

The accused have been identified as Ashok Kalyan Pawar,

Shyam Kalyan Pawar, Shankar Kalyan Pawar, Prakash Kalyan Pawar and Kantabai Sarjerao Jadhav, Pune Rural Superintendent of Police Ankit Goyal said.

Dhananjay Pawar, son of accused Ashok Pawar, died a few months ago in an acci- dent and a case related to it was registered in Pune city, he added.

“Prima facie, it appears that Ashok held Mohan’s son responsible for Dhananjay's death. These seven persons, including the children, seem to have been killed to avenge the