API murder: Kin to seek death for cop from HC
Navi Mumbai: Over a month after dismissed decorated police inspector Abhay Kurundkar was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering assistant police inspector Ashwini Bidre-Gore, chopping up her body and disposing of it in 2016, her family said they will approach Bombay high court to seek death penalty for him.
While sentencing Kurundkar (52), a sessions court had said although Bidre-Gore's body parts were never found, their absence was not an "absolute ground to exonerate the offenders", and that the case did not fall in the "rarest of rare" category to warrant death penalty, as sought by the prosecution.
Bidre went missing in April 2016. Police filed a case after the family moved HC.
Raju Gore, Bidre-Gore's husband, said, "The police commissioner on behalf of govt has to seek a report from the public prosecutor, Pradip Gharat.
I have written to police. If the police department and the state govt do not respond to my demand, then we will appeal in HC."
He said he was facing difficulty in obtaining his wife's death certificate. "I have written to the police commissioner seeking my wife's salary for the period from when she was murdered till the sessions court's judgment. The police commissioner also needs to initiate disciplinary action against the investigating police officers who helped Kurundkar."
Kurundkar's two aides —driver Kundan Bhandari and close friend Mahesh Phalnikar—who were convicted for helping him dispose of the body parts, were given seven years in prison each. The court held that the time spent by Kurundkar, who was arrested in Dec 2017, as well as by Bhandari and Phalnikar since their arrest in Feb 2018 would be set off against their sentences.
Meanwhile, Bidre's daughter, Suchi, scored 97.2% in SSC exams. "I want to become a doctor. I wish to serve my country," she said.
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