Pol, described as an ‘Electro-Homoeopath, ‘ practised in some local hospitals and at his farmhouse, 13 km on the outskirts of the quaint Wai town, at the base of the twin hill stations of Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani, around 175 km south of Mumbai.
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Sabtosh PoI fell in the police net when the latter started a probe into the dissapearnce of Mangal Jedhe, president of Maharashtra Purva Prathmik Shikshika Sevika Sangh (MPPSSS). Jedhe had left Wai for Pune to attend to her daughter’s delivery, but had never gotten there.
Wai police officer Padmakar Ghanvat said investigations revealed that prior to leaving for Pune, she was in touch with Pol and both had a bitter fight when she threatened to reveal his activities. The police said Pol and his assistant, nurse Jyoti Mandre, abducted the 49-year-old woman while she was waiting for a bus. The following day, Pol and Mandre allegedly administered her an overdose of a lethal medicine and killed her. After burying the body at an isolated spot in the farmhouse, both Pol and Mandre went underground.
Dr Pol, who was arrested on August 12, will be in police custody till August 19.
Maharashtra Police said a doctor has been arrested from Wali, the favourite place of Bollywood directors for its picturesque beauty. He was remanded to week-long police custody.
According to police sources, Dr. Pol was said to have an affair with Jedhe while simultaneously conducting another one with his nurse Jyoti Mandre.
Maharashtra Police recovered six bodies which includes those of five women and one man from his farmhouse. While the women were buried at his country home, the man’s body was dumped in a local water reservoir.
Preliminary investigations revealed that some of the victims had been missing since 2003.
Police, who have recovered the body of the anganwadi worker and four more human remains from Santosh Pol’s farm in Wai tehsil, were not clear about the motive behind the killings.
Besides Jedhe, the missing victims were tentatively identified as Salma Shaikh, Jagabai Pol, Surekha Chikane, Vanita Gaikwad and Nathmal Bhandare, but the exact details will be known only after investigation, the police said.
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Since 2003, there had been reports about the disappearance of at least five women from Wai town. Though there was no official confirmation from the police, Pol has reportedly confessed to the investigators that he had thrown the sixth body – that of a male person – in nearby Dhom dam.
