Murder at pune clinic: Techie shoots dead doctor wife

Police said Anjali used to run ‘Mother Care Clinic’ from a rented place near her residence.

A software engineer working with a prominent IT company allegedly shot his wife, a medical practitioner, at her clinic in Pune Wednesday night.

Police arrested him around 2 am Thursday. He was identified as Manoj Patidar (40), a resident of Pune’s Wakad area, and his wife as Anjali Manoj Patidar alias Anjali Chandanao (34). Anjali’s brother Amar Santram Chandanao (32), a software engineer, lodged a murder complaint at Wakad police station.

Police said Anjali used to run ‘Mother Care Clinic’ from a rented place near her residence. A board on the clinic said she was an “obstetrician, gynaecologist and infertility specialist”. Police said she had married Manoj about five years ago and the couple have a two-year-old son, Prayag. The son was in the clinic with her at the time of the murder.

In his statement, Amar alleged that Manoj had been harassing his wife and torturing her physically and mentally for the last two years over domestic disputes. He said Anjali needed money as she was not earning enough from her clinic, but Manoj did not give her any.