43-year-old surrenders after killing wife, held

Kolhapur: Madhuri Suryakant Shinde (40) from Udgaon in Shirol taluka was allegedly attacked and murdered by her husband at her residence in Malwadi-Ugaon around 11.30am on Saturday.

The deceased was the vice-president of Bhumata Brigade, which played a major role in the agitation for the entry of women in the Mahalaxmi temple in Kolhapur. Suryakant Shinde (43) surrendered before police after committing the crime.

Madhuri and Suryakant were living separately in adjacent homes due to the differences among them. On Saturday morning, Suryakant saw Santosh Srikrishna Mane in Madhuri's house and confronted him about why he was there. The two soon started quarrelling and Mane allegedly attacked Suryakant with sharp weapons. Suryakant saved himself and left the house. Mane left shortly after.

However, Suryakant was angry and had suspicions about Madhuri’s character. He later returned with sharp weapons and allegedly attacked her neck and Madhuri fell on the floor, soaked in blood.

Suryakant later surrendered to Jaysingpur police and confessed of murdering Madhuri. He also lodged complaint against Mane and Pramod Patil, both resident of Udgaon, stating that they had threatened to kill him. Police have arrested the duo following his complaint.

"We have arrested Suryakant, Mane and Pramod Patil in different cases. We have arrested Suryakant on the charges of murdering his wife and Mane and Patil over attempting to threaten Suryakant," a police officer of Jaysingpur police station said.

The three were presented before the local court on Sunday. Suryakant was sent to nine-day police custody untill to July 2 and the other two were sent to six-day police custody untill June 29, he said.


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