{
  "id": 17412912,
  "title": "Panvel District And Sessions Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment For Murdering Wife, 6-Year-Old Daughter In 2016",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/panvel-district-and-sessions-court-sentences-man-to-life-imprisonment",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-31T13:51:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/panvel-district-and-sessions-court-sentences-man-to-life-imprisonment-for-murdering-wife-6-year-old-daughter-in-2016"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In June 2016, Shrimant Anna Nagargoje, a 38-year-old man from Satara, brutally murdered his wife, Sushma Nagargoje (30), and six-year-old granddaughter, Priya (6), in Jejuri. Nagargoje, who worked as a trailer driver, had rented a house in Jejuri for his family. He lured his wife and daughter to Pune under the guise of visiting her uncle's house, where he strangled them both in his trailer. The bodies were then disposed of in separate locations to make it appear as accidental deaths. Nagargoje, fearing arrest, fled to Goa and assumed a false identity, Shripal Yadav, working as a hotel waiter in Panjim. He remained at large for three-and-a-half years before being apprehended by the Panvel City police on January 29, 2020, following a tip-off. The court convicted Nagargoje for murder under Sections 302, 201, and 471 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to life imprisonment along with fines.",
  "summary": "Navi Mumbai, October 31, 2026: Nearly a decade after murdering his wife and six-year-old daughter, a 38-year-old man has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Panvel District and Sessions Court. The accused, Shrimant Anna Nagargoje, had killed the two in June 2016 and fled to Goa, where he assumed a false identity and worked as a hotel waiter to evade arrest. Nagargoje was…",
  "key_points": [
    "Shrimant Anna Nagargoje sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering wife and daughter in 2016.",
    "Nagargoje lured family to Pune under pretense, then strangled them in trailer.",
    "Convicted for murder under IPC Sections 302, 201, and 471; fined."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}