Two more nabbed in case of pregnant woman's killing in Thane

The police has nabbed two more persons, including a juvenile, in connection with the killing of a 25-year-old pregnant woman and disposing of the body earlier this month, an official said today.

The woman's husband, Kalpesh Thackeray (30), was earlier arrested for allegedly strangulating her to death while his two friends held her hands and legs at his residence in Ambadi village here on the night of March 9.

Later, the trio took Mahi's body in a four-wheeler and buried it in a nearby forest, the police official said.

The husband lodged a complaint with the police on March 12, claiming that his wife was missing from the house since March 10.

However, acting on inputs provided by some locals, the police detained the husband.

The official said that during questioning, Thackeray had confessed that he killed his wife and dumped the body.

Later, the police exhumed the decomposed body on March 20 and sent it to the J J Hospital in neighbouring Mumbai for post-mortem.

The police subsequently registered a case under Indian Penal Code sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence).

According to Ganeshpuri's deputy superintendent of police K D Katkar, the woman wanted to have a child, but her husband was against it.

The couple used to have frequent quarrels over the issue following which Thackeray, with the help of his two friends, killed his wife on March 9, he said.

Based on inputs, the police nabbed the husband's friends - Nilesh Shelar (24) and a 16-year-old boy - on March 27.

Shelar was yesterday produced in the local court which remanded him in police custody till March 31.

The juvenile was referred to a correction home, the official added.