Indian murder suspect caught after 49 years says: ‘I barely remember it’

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An Indian policeman has apparently solved a murder case 49 years after the crime was committed because the alleged murderer made the mistake of returning to his village at the wrong time. More than a decade before Inspector Pratipalsinh V. Gohil, 37, was even born, his predecessors at the Sardarnagar police station in Gujarat state began investigating the case of...

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The body of the vulnerable widow, who had no children or relatives and rented out rooms to earn money, lay for days before neighbours acted on the foul smell coming from the building. When his brothers and nephew were around, they said they had not seen Bhatane or had word from him since the murder. But in October this year, Gujarat police began preparations to ensure the smooth running of a December election for the state assembly. Officers’ activities included rounding up petty criminals or troublemakers who might disrupt voting.

To Bhatane’s shock, he was arrested. “Even I can barely remember it, how on earth are you pursuing it 50 years later?” he is said to have asked the arresting officer.“Two of his brothers had died but one of them, along with the nephew, came to identify him,” Gohil said. “Had we not visited the village at this particular time [for the election], he could have left and vanished again. We were lucky.

“He remembered the house and location and a bit of a struggle because the victim tried to stop him stealing her things but beyond that, it’s all foggy,” he added.

 

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