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Software Developer Accused of Killing Pregnant Wife in Pune
Police in Pune are investigating the death of Shubhangi Akash Baraskar.
She was 28 years old and pregnant, according to the report.
Police allege that her husband, Akash Ramdas Baraskar, killed her.
The alleged dispute was about buying agricultural land.
Afterward, police say Akash jumped from the second floor of a building.
He survived the jump, according to the report’s description of an attempted suicide.
Shubhangi’s father reported the case to police.
Akash has been booked under a murder section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Police identified the deceased woman as 28-year-old Shubhangi Akash Baraskar.
Her husband, 31-year-old software developer Akash Ramdas Baraskar, was booked on murder charges.
Police allege the killing followed a dispute over purchasing agricultural land.
Akash allegedly attempted suicide by jumping from the second floor of a building in Dehugaon.
Shubhangi’s father, Satish Kait, filed the first information report at Dehu Road police station.
- Who
- Shubhangi Akash Baraskar died; police booked her husband, Akash Ramdas Baraskar, in the case.
- What
- Police allege that Akash murdered his pregnant wife and then attempted suicide by jumping from a second-floor building.
- Where
- Dehugaon, in the Pune area, under the jurisdiction of Pimpri Chinchwad police.
- When
- The incident allegedly occurred in the early hours of Sunday.
- Why
- Police said the alleged killing followed a dispute over purchasing agricultural land.
Key facts
- Deceased
- Shubhangi Akash Baraskar, 28
- Accused
- Akash Ramdas Baraskar, 31
- Accused’s occupation
- Software developer at a company in Hinjewadi
- Reported motive
- A dispute over purchasing agricultural land
- FIR complainant
- Satish Kait, Shubhangi’s father and a farmer from Sangli district
- Police station
- Dehu Road police station
- Charges
- Murder under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita




