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Husband's Revenge Plot Uncovers 3 Murders: Mother-in-Law Buried in Drum
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News18•01-10-2026, 16:59
Husband's Revenge Plot Uncovers 3 Murders: Mother-in-Law Buried in Drum
- •A man approached Ahmedabad City Crime Branch with false information about his 85-year-old mother-in-law's murder in Surat.
- •Madhavdas Bhaktiram Sadhu admitted to providing false information to implicate his wife, Urmila alias Jaya, and cousin, Afzal alias Poto Diwan.
- •During interrogation, Madhavdas confessed to committing three murders: his mother, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law.
- •He sought revenge on his wife, who had left him with their son and valuables, by providing false information.
- •Madhavdas and Urmila jointly murdered Shantaben Gambhirbhai Vasava on October 7, 2022, burying her body in a drum filled with cement in the verandah.
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Madhavdas approached the Ahmedabad City Crime Branch to report the alleged murder of his 85-year-old mother-in-law in Surat district, intending to implicate his wife and cousin.
The police summoned the named co-accused, Afzal, who denied any involvement and showed no knowledge of the crime, prompting investigators to shift their focus and rigorously interrogate Madhavdas.
According to police, Madhavdas and his wife strangled her with a pillow, placed the body inside a drum with three bags of cement and water, and later buried the cement block in a pit dug in their verandah.
