Satara: Father Strangles Son in Fear of Terminal Illness

Satara: On 23rd December, a man from Hivre village in Satara confessed to strangling his 12-year-old son to death. Vijay Anand Khatal (36), told police that he committed the crime out of fear that his son would also contract a terminal illness that he was diagnosed with. The victim, Vikram alias Pranav Vijay Khatal, was studying in the sixth standard. His body was found in a sugarcane field near his home. Police stated that the boy had been suffocated with a rope.

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Initially, Khatal told police that he had last seen his son alive at around 6:30 pm on Saturday. He claimed that he had gone to the sugarcane field to look for his son after he did not return home for dinner. However, police found inconsistencies in his statements and began to suspect him of involvement in the crime.

After repeated questioning, Khatal finally broke down and confessed to the murder. He told police that he had been diagnosed with a terminal illness a few months ago. He further stated that he was worried that his son would also contract the disease and that he would be unable to take care of him.

Khatal has been arrested and charged with murder and is currently being held in police custody.

The police team at Vathare was able to crack the case in 2 days. The team included: 

Assistant Police Inspector Sudhir Patil
Ravindra Bhore
Police Sub-Inspector Patang Patil
Vishwas Shinde
Amit Patil
Police Sub-Inspector Sandeep Bankar
Constables Tanaji Mane
Sudhir Bankar
Santosh Sapkal
Sharad Bebale
Pravin Fadtare
Sabir Mulla
Mangesh Mahadik
Sachin Salunkhe
Lailesh Fadtare
Laxman Jagdhane
Rakesh Khandke
Amol Mane
Ajit Karne
Sunny Awate
Shivaji Bhishe
Swapnil Kumbhar
Manoj Jadhav
Amit Mane
Avinash Chavan
Ganesh Kapre
Omkar Yadav
Swapnil Daud
Ketan Shinde
Rohit Nikam
Prithviraj Jadhav
Vaibhav Sawant
Amrit Karpe
Vijay Nikam
Sambhaji Salunkhe
The cybercrime department also assisted in the investigation.