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Ex-NCP leader, son held in dowry death case

Mumbai, May 23 (UNI) Former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) functionary Rajendra Hagawane and his son Sushil were arrested in Pune’s Swargate area early Friday after being on the run for nearly a week, following allegations of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide in the death of Hagawane’s 26-year-old daughter-in-law, Vaishnavi.
The arrests were made as police tracked the duo’s movements after receiving a tip-off about their attempt to flee the city.
Vaishnavi was found dead at her marital home in Bhukum, Pimpri-Chinchwad, on May 16, reportedly hanging from a ceiling fan. While initially suspected to be a suicide, her post-mortem report revealed multiple injury marks, prompting her family to allege sustained dowry harassment and physical abuse.
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