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  "type": "article",
  "title": "Navi Mumbai Police Crack 11 Month Old Murder Mystery, Arrest Wife And Her Alleged Lover",
  "summary": "Police in Navi Mumbai's Airoli have solved an 11 month old murder case, arresting the victim's wife Sunita Kushwaha and her alleged lover Rahul Dashrath Prajapati.",
  "content": "A murder case that had remained unsolved for nearly 11 months in Navi Mumbai's Airoli area has finally been cracked, with police arresting the victim's wife and her alleged lover. The Rabale MIDC police identified the accused as 40 year old Sunita Kushwaha and 30 year old Rahul Dashrath Prajapati. The two are accused of killing Sunita's husband, 50 year old Baliram Suryanath Kushwaha, cutting up his body and dumping the pieces in a forest. For months, Baliram's disappearance remained a mystery until steady police work finally exposed the killing.\n\nHusband's opposition to the affair triggered the plot\nAccording to police, Baliram strongly objected to the alleged relationship between his wife and Rahul, and he never hid his disapproval. That very opposition is believed to have turned fatal for him. Police say Sunita and Rahul, tired of Baliram's constant objections, plotted together to remove him from the picture. Following a hearing, a local court remanded both accused to seven days of police custody so that questioning can continue and every link in the conspiracy can be established.\n\nChildren sent away before the killing was carried out\nInvestigators found that on the night of August 9, 2025, before carrying out the murder, the couple's two children were deliberately sent to stay at their aunt's house, keeping them away from what was about to unfold. Baliram was then strangled to death while he slept, after which his head was severed from his body using a sharp weapon. The entire act was carried out in a chillingly calculated manner, with both accused having planned it well in advance.\n\nTo destroy the evidence, the accused then allegedly cut the body into three parts, wrapping each piece separately in sacks and sheets. Using Rahul's auto rickshaw, the three body parts were dumped at three different spots in the forest on Gavali Dev hill, so that the remains would be difficult to find and even harder to identify. After the murder, Sunita moved to Ghansoli with her children and began living with Rahul, telling people around her that Baliram had simply left home, a story that kept suspicion away for a long time.\n\nA missing person complaint cracked the case open\nThe case eventually came to light when Baliram's brother, having heard nothing from him for a long time, began searching for him. He finally filed a missing person complaint at Rabale MIDC police station in April 2026. Acting on that complaint, police launched an investigation, examining call detail records, tracking changes in mobile numbers, and zeroing in on contradictions in the statements given separately by Sunita and Rahul. During separate rounds of interrogation, both accused allegedly broke down and revealed the entire conspiracy behind the murder.\n\nPolice are currently carrying out a search operation in the Gavali Dev forest to recover the victim's skeletal remains and other body parts. Further investigation into the case is ongoing, with police trying to establish exactly how and when the plot was hatched, and whether anyone else had a role in it.\n\nPolice say two accused arrested, probe continues\nSenior Police Inspector Devidas Kathare said that acting on the complaint filed by the victim's brother, police have arrested two people, and that further investigation into the case is ongoing.\n\nWhat this means for you\n• Across India: The case is a reminder of how domestic disputes and extramarital relationships can turn violent, and how modern investigative tools like call detail records can crack even months old cases.\n• In Navi Mumbai: For residents of Airoli and nearby areas, the case underlines how seriously local police are treating missing person complaints and follow up investigations.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. When did the murder take place?\nAccording to police, the murder took place on the night of August 9, 2025.\n\n2. Who are the arrested accused?\nThe accused are the victim's wife, 40 year old Sunita Kushwaha, and her alleged lover, 30 year old Rahul Dashrath Prajapati.\n\n3. Who was the victim?\nThe victim was Sunita's husband, 50 year old Baliram Suryanath Kushwaha.\n\n4. What was the motive behind the murder?\nPolice say Baliram opposed the alleged relationship between his wife and Rahul, and the two allegedly plotted his murder because of this opposition.\n\n5. Where was the body dumped?\nTo destroy evidence, the body was cut into three pieces and dumped at three different spots in the forest on Gavali Dev hill.\n\n6. How did the case come to light?\nBaliram's brother filed a missing person complaint at Rabale MIDC police station in April 2026, and the investigation that followed uncovered the murder.\n\n7. What action has been taken against the accused so far?\nA local court has remanded both accused to seven days of police custody, and further investigation is ongoing.\n\n8. What are police currently searching for?\nPolice are conducting a search operation in the Gavali Dev forest to recover the victim's skeletal remains and other body parts.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/maharashtra/pati-ke-sira-katane-ke-11-mahine-bada-navi-mumbai-pulisa-ne-sulajhai-hatya-ki-gutthi-patni-aura-premi-giraphtara-7592",
  "category": "Maharashtra",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-14",
  "tags": [
    "Navi Mumbai Murder",
    "Airoli Murder Case",
    "Sunita Kushwaha",
    "Rabale MIDC Police",
    "Husband Murder",
    "Gavali Dev Forest",
    "Extramarital Affair Murder",
    "Maharashtra Crime News"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}