Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Indian Army Soldier Arrested for Strangling Seven-Month Pregnant Wife
A soldier in India has been arrested by the police.
The police believe he hurt his wife very badly, and sadly, she died.
His wife was going to have a baby in seven months.
The soldier told her family that she had slipped and fallen at home.
But doctors at the hospital saw marks on her neck and thought something bad had happened.
They called the police, who came to check.
The wife's brother says the soldier had another girlfriend and was often mean to his wife because of that.
The police arrested the soldier, and his parents are also named in the case.
The police will now work to find out exactly what happened.
A 28-year-old Indian Army soldier, Dnyaneshwar Madne, was arrested in Maharashtra's Washim district for allegedly strangling his seven-month-pregnant wife to death.
Madne, posted with the Army's 6th Maratha Battalion, allegedly tried to pass off the crime as an accident.
The victim's brother Rahul Madne said the accused called the family around 3 pm last Thursday claiming Deepali had slipped at home and was hospitalised.
Doctors at a government hospital, where the woman was referred from a private facility, suspected foul play after observing injury marks on her neck and alerted police.
Police registered a murder case against the soldier and his parents after the family alleged Madne had an affair with another woman and frequently harassed Deepali over it.
- Who
- Dnyaneshwar Madne, a 28-year-old soldier in the Indian Army's 6th Maratha Battalion, who was arrested; his parents were also named in the murder case.
- What
- The alleged strangling to death of his seven-month-pregnant wife Deepali, which the accused reportedly tried to pass off as an accident.
- When
- Around 3 pm last Thursday, when the accused called the family to claim Deepali had slipped at home; no exact date was given.
- Where
- Washim district, Maharashtra, India.
- Why
- The victim's family alleges Madne had an affair with another woman and frequently harassed Deepali over it.
Police and Family: Murder Allegation
Accused: Accident Claim
Cause of Death
Police and Family: Murder Allegation
The victim's family and police allege murder, citing clear injury marks on the woman's neck and doctors at the government hospital who suspected foul play.
Accused: Accident Claim
The accused told the family that his wife had slipped at their home, implying an accidental fall, and said she had been hospitalised.
- Accused
- Dnyaneshwar Madne
- Age
- 28
- Affiliation
- Indian Army, 6th Maratha Battalion
- Victim
- Deepali, wife of the accused
- Location
- Washim district, Maharashtra
- Victim's Condition
- Seven months pregnant
- Reported Incident
- Call to family around 3 pm last Thursday claiming she had slipped at home
- Legal Action
- Murder case registered against Madne and his parents
