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Gujarat Man Who Reported Grandmother-In-Law's Murder Confesses To Three Killings

Police say Madhavdas Sadhu and his wife killed three ailing relatives in 2022 to seize property and later tried to frame another suspect.

  • Surat police uncovered a triple murder case in which Accused Madhavdas Sadhu confessed to killing three ailing family members in 2022, after initially attempting to frame his estranged wife Urmila and her cousin for the crimes.
  • On October 7, 2022, Madhavdas and Urmila strangled his grandmother-in-law Shantaben Vasava while she slept, later encasing her remains in cement inside a drum before burying the body in their home's verandah.
  • The pair also murdered Urmila's sister Bharti, alias Bhagwati, on February 25, 2022, and Madhavdas' mother Manjulaben Sadhu, claiming both deaths resulted from illness to cover their tracks, according to Crime Branch statements.
  • Driven by property motives, Madhavdas provided false information to police, but the investigation unraveled when officers interrogated him in the presence of the cousin he attempted to implicate.
  • Legal proceedings are initiating against the couple, as the investigation continues into the exact circumstances surrounding these three 2022 deaths and the disposal of the victims' remains.
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The mystery of the 2022 murder of 70-year-old Shantaben Vasava in Kosamba, Gujarat, has been solved four years later. According to police, the accused couple had killed her mother-in-law, sister, and grandmother. Read the full story.

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Dainik Bhaskar broke the news in Bhopal, India on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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