Relative arrested for murder of two elderly women in Baramati
Indumati Maruti Ladkat (75) and Krushnabai Kundalik Ladkat (60) were found dead with their throats slit at Sherechiwadi in Baramati taluka of Pune district on September 29. About 50 grams of gold ornaments were missing from their bodies. Pune rural police arrested a relative, Vikas alias Appa Rajendra Ladkat (25), on October 4. A police release said he admitted attacking them with an axe and looting the jewellery, which was recovered.