Thane court acquits three men in 1994 murder of woman, her four kids

Thane, Oct 22 (PTI) The sessions court in Maharashtra’s Thane has acquitted three men who were accused of killing a woman and her four minor children over 30 years ago.

In his order of October 17, a copy of which was made available on Wednesday, Additional Sessions Judge V G Mohite said the prosecution had failed to establish the chain of circumstantial evidence linking the accused to the crime.

According to court papers, Rajnarayan Shivcharan Prajapati’s wife and their four children were found murdered inside their locked house at Marwad Chawl in Penkarpada of Kashimira area on November 16, 1994.

Based on Prajapati’s complaint, a case was registered against 48-year-old Sahablal Amarnath Chauhan, Vijay Ramavaidh (53) and Sanjay Ramavaidh (51). The complainant said the accused were their