Pune murder: Techie shoots dead his doctor wife at her clinic in Wakad

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

Manoj Patidar and Anjali Chandanao

A software engineer working with a prominent IT company allegedly shot dead his wife, a medical practitioner, at her clinic in Wakad on Wednesday night. The Wakad police arrested him around 2 am on Thursday. Police identified him as Manoj Patidar (40), who lives in a rented apartment in Ozone Spring Park in Wakad, and his wife as Anjali Manoj Patidar alias Anjali Chandanao (34). Her brother Amar Santram Chandanao (32), a software engineer residing in Lohegaon, lodged a complaint of murder at the Wakad police station.

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Police said Anjali used to run ‘Mother Care Clinic’ from a rented place near her residence in Ozone Spring Park. 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 present in the clinic with her at the time of murder.

In his statement, Amar alleged 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 for her basic requirements as she was not earning enough from her clinic but Manoj would refuse to give her any. Hence, she used to borrow from Amar.