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Duo found murdered on hill in Khed

Pune: The rural police on Saturday recovered bodies of two men from Khapardhara hill in Khed, a day after they went missing from Pimple Gurav.

The police have identified the deceased as Niranjan Gurav and Bajrang Jadhav. The motive behind the murder was yet to be ascertained, police said.

“Niranjan, Jadhav and their friend, Manoj Lokhande, reached Khed on a bike on Thursday night.

The duo dropped Lokhande at Khed and drove to Pait village. They spent the night at the residence of Niranjan’s sister there,” inspector Satish Gurav from the Khed police said.

“On the next day, Niranjan and Jadhav left the place for some work and never returned. Their dead bodies with multiple head injuries were recovered from the hill,” Gurav added.

The officer said they arrested Lokhande on Saturday under the Arms Act for possessing sickle. “Lokhande told us that he was with the victims till Khed and was not aware of anything after that,” Gurav said, adding, “We have registered a murder case under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.”

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