Affair gone wrong led to Mumbai cop's murder

The case of the murder of Assistant Police Inspector Ashwini Bidre is turning out to be an extramarital affair gone sour. The accused in this case is her colleague, Inspector Abhay Kurundkar, attached with Thane Rural Police, who has been arrested. The Navi Mumbai crime branch has claimed that the arrest of the fourth accused led to the revelation that Bidre was killed and her body chopped into pieces and dumped in Bhayander-Vasai creek.

Bidre was promoted as API and posted with the Protection of Civil Rights unit in Belapur near Navi Mumbai. Bidre allegedly came in contact with Kurundkar in 2010 at the Sangli training centre. Bidre was already married in 2005 before clearing her Maharashtra Public Services Exams in 2007 and was later posted in Pune for three years as Sub-Inspector.

On April 11, 2016, Bidre left office and did not return home. On April 14, a few messages were sent from her cellphone to her brother Anand and the Whatsapp group of Kalyan police that she will be leaving for Uttar Pradesh for six days. Following this, a search was launched and four people were arrested.

"Prima facie, investigation reveals that Bidre was coaxing Kurundkar to get married but the accused was already married and had no intention of legally marrying the victim, which led to the brutal murder," said Nilesh Raut, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Navi Mumbai Crime Branch.