Archive · 21 May 2025
Principal Arrested in Husband's Murder; Students Detained
In Yavatmal, a school principal, Nidhi Deshmukh, was arrested for murdering her husband, Shantanu Deshmukh.
She poisoned him and then, with the help of three minor students, disposed of his body in a forest.
To hide his identity, she later burned the body.
Police investigation, aided by phone records, led to the arrest.
The three students who helped her have been detained.
The case began with an unidentified body and has since been solved by the Yavatmal police.
A school principal was arrested for allegedly murdering her husband.
Three minor students were detained for assisting in the crime.
The husband's half-burnt body was found in a forest.
The principal confessed to poisoning her husband.
Police found crucial mobile phone communication as evidence.
- Who
- Nidhi Deshmukh and three minor students.
- What
- Nidhi Deshmukh murdered her husband, Shantanu Deshmukh.
- When
- May 13 (poisoning), May 15 (body discovered)
- Where
- Chousala forest area, Yavatmal district
- Why
- The reason for the murder is not explicitly stated in the article.
- Accused
- Nidhi Deshmukh
- Victim
- Shantanu Deshmukh
- Location
- Yavatmal
- Co-conspirators
- Three minor students
- Method
- Poison
- Body Disposal Site
- Chousala forest
- Status
- Arrested