Dowry dying in Pune: Ladies’s fee didn’t act on earlier grievance of abuse: Activist

Damania posted a replica of Jagtaps’ grievance addressed to Chakankar, on X on Friday afternoon. The Jagtaps have been in search of the fee’s intervention towards the Hagawanes’ rising violent acts. They stated the household was placing strain on them for an SUV — Toyota Fortuner – and had dared them towards approaching police saying they have been politically related and knew officers within the legislation implementing company.

Making the letter public, Damania stated, “Had the fee taken critical cognisance of grievance by Mayuri’s dad and mom, Vaishnavi wouldn’t have died by suicide.” Chakankar nonetheless referred to as the allegations baseless, saying after receiving the grievance she had alerted the native police inside 24 hours, who had adopted up the case.

The letter drafted by Mayuri’s brother Meghraj and their mom Lata, was accompanied by footage of harm marks on Mayuri’s physique. “The Hagawane household was asking for a Toyota Fortuner SUV and cash. They assaulted Mayuri and tore her garments within the absence of her husband, Sushil, on November 6, 2024. They have been placing strain on Sushil to go away Mayuri. Additionally they stated a senior officer within the police power was her mother-in-law’s (additionally referred to as Lata) brother,” states the letter, which HT has seen.

In the meantime, when Chakankar met Vaishnavi’s dad and mom in Pune on Friday afternoon, individuals gathered round her to query the functioning of the ladies’s fee. “The fee failed to provide justice to each Mayuri and Vaishnavi, and plenty of such sisters throughout the state,” stated activists from a Maratha outfit Chhava. Chakankar tried to make clear her stand however as verbal arguments scaled up, she left the premises.

She instructed HT later, “The fee acquired the grievance on November 6, 2024, from the Jagtap household, adopted by a cross-complaint by Karishma (Mayuri’s sister-in-law, and Sushil’s sister). The fee acted inside 24 hours and directed the police to look into the matter. Police referred to as each households and counselled them, because it was a household dispute.”

Damania nonetheless termed Chakankar’s transfer “merely procedural”. “I don’t blame Chakankar, as she was following course of. We have to enhance the very course of going ahead and be extra pro-active. Chakankar ought to have referred to as police to assessment the matter; if she intervenes pro-actively, the system will enhance,” she stated.

Nabbing the Hagawanes

Rajendra and Sushil Hagawane have been arrested at round 4:30 am on Friday from Swargate, Pune. Folks within the know instructed HT that the 2 had travelled throughout 11 completely different places altering autos alongside the best way during the last seven days to evade arrest.

With these two, the entire variety of arrests within the case of Vaishnavi’s suicide has risen to 5. Vaishnavi’s husband Shashnak, mother-in-law Lata and sister-in-law Karishma have been arrested earlier this week.

The daddy and son tried to flee the police web by travelling to Aundh, Pavana Dam, Vadgaon Maval, Alandi, Pusegaon, Pasarani (Satara) and Sangli, stated an investigating officer from Pimpri Chinchwad police station.

“We deployed six groups to trace them down until they lastly landed in our web,” stated a police officer, including probe was on to hunt out names of people that helped them evade arrest. The CCTV footage from the locations the 2 visited exhibits them eating at a dhaba in Vadgaon Maval – the clip was extensively circulated on social media on Friday.

Anil Kaspate, the deceased Vaishnavi’s father, instructed HT: “All of this appears suspicious – how can they roam about freely when they’re on police radar?”

Addressing a press meet, DCP of Pimpri Chinchwad, Vishal Gaikwad, stated: “5 individuals are actually below arrest. All proof within the case has additionally been collected; we’ll quickly attain the foundation reason behind the case.” Police invoked sections 118(1) of BNS for voluntarily inflicting damage or grievous damage by harmful weapons on this case.

Bodily assault previous to dying?

The accused have been produced in court docket on Friday. In the course of the remand listening to, police knowledgeable the court docket that harm marks have been discovered on Vaishnavi’s physique, elevating robust suspicion of bodily assault previous to her dying. Investigators consider a number of weapons could have been used to beat her, considered one of which — a plastic pipe — was recovered based mostly on data supplied by her husband, Shashank, who confessed to bodily abusing her. Police suspect Rajendra and Sushil could have assaulted her as properly.

Police additionally stated Vaishnavi’s father was compelled to pay for inside design work in Rajendra Hagawane’s workplace. This was revealed by the contractor employed by Rajendra, Mahesh Parade. Additionally they discovered that 51 tolas of gold, gifted to Vaishnavi by her dad and mom, was mortgaged by Rajendra in a financial institution in alternate of a mortgage. Investigators are actually attempting to probe of she had consented to the transaction.

Protection lawyer Shivam Nimbalkar stated, “Investigators want to seek out out the position of many others. Police should seize all of the gadgets the deceased acquired in dowry and weapons used within the crime.”

Warje police additionally booked Nilesh Ramchandra Chavan, a resident of Karvenagar, who is understood to the Hagawanes, for allegedly threatening members of the Kaspate household after they arrived to take custody of Vaishnavi’s youngster on Could 19.