Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Baramati Woman Booked for Drugging, Assaulting Husband, Burying Him Alive
A woman from a town called Baramati is in trouble with the police.
Police say she did very bad things to her husband.
They say she gave him something poisonous to make him pass out.
Then they say she hit him with a bat while he was not fully awake.
Police also say she built a box out of cement in their house.
They think she put her husband inside the box and tried to close it with flat stones, like trying to bury him while he was still alive.
Someone secretly called the emergency number, 112, to get help.
Police came quickly, broke open the box, and took the husband to the hospital.
He is getting better but is not well enough to talk to the police yet.
The woman now faces a very serious charge called attempt to murder.
Baramati City Police have registered a case of attempt to murder against Sharmila Pravin Jagtap (38), accused of trying to kill her husband, Pravin Prakash Jagtap (41).
Police allege Sharmila administered a poisonous substance to Pravin, rendering him unconscious, and then assaulted him with a bat while he was semi-conscious.
She allegedly placed Pravin in a cement enclosure in the house to bury him alive — one report describes a square enclosure in the balcony sealed with stone slabs, another a rectangular duct to be covered with a Kadappa stone.
The alleged plan was foiled after an unidentified caller made an emergency 112 call; police broke open the enclosure, rescued Pravin, and shifted him to hospital.
One report says Sharmila was booked while another says she was arrested; the FIR, filed by the victim's father after the family was initially unwilling, was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita attempt to murder charges, and police are probing the substance and possible accomplices.
- Who
- Sharmila Pravin Jagtap (38), accused of attempting to murder her husband; the victim, Pravin Prakash Jagtap (41), an engineer; the complaint was filed by his father, Prakash Kanhoba Jagtap (71); the case is being investigated by Assistant Police Inspector Shashikant Ingawale.
- What
- An alleged attempt to murder: Sharmila is accused of poisoning Pravin, assaulting him with a bat, and trying to bury him alive in a cement enclosure at their home; a case was registered under attempt to murder charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- When
- The attack allegedly took place between the night of July 30 and the morning of August 1; the FIR was registered on Wednesday night, followed by a police press release on Thursday.
- Where
- Baramati, Maharashtra — at the couple's residence in Indraprastha Society on Jamdar Road; the FIR was filed at Baramati City Police Station.
- Why
- Police allege Sharmila intended to kill her husband; investigators noted the couple had frequently been involved in domestic disputes.
- Accused
- Sharmila Pravin Jagtap (38)
- Victim
- Pravin Prakash Jagtap (41), engineer
- Complainant
- Prakash Kanhoba Jagtap (71), victim's father
- Incident Period
- Between night of July 30 and morning of August 1
- Location
- Indraprastha Society, Jamdar Road, Baramati, Maharashtra
- Police Station
- Baramati City Police Station
- Charges
- Attempt to murder (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita)
- Rescue
- Emergency 112 call from unidentified caller; police broke open the cement enclosure
