Thane: Man sentenced to death for murder of wife, daughter

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Press Trust of India Thane
Last Updated : Feb 13 2014 | 11:14 PM IST
The Vasai sessions court in the district today sentenced a 35-year-old man to death for the brutal murder of his wife and 18 months old daughter.
Sessions Judge S J Khairnar, while pronouncing the judgement, observed that looking at the brutality involved, and that the victims were a hapless woman and a child, the accused Chandrakant Ahire did not deserve any leniency.
According to prosecutor Ujwala Moholkar, Ahire, who worked as a driver, lived with his wife Sanchita (25) and daughter Vaishnavi at Mhatre Chawl, Billal Pada, in Nalla Sopara town of the Thane district.
He suspected that his wife was having an extra-marital affair.
On July 28, 2011, during a quarrel, he slit her throat with kitchen knife. Then he slit the baby girl's throat too.
Relying on the circumstantial evidence, the court convicted him.
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First Published: Feb 13 2014 | 11:14 PM IST

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