Maharashtra's Dr Death gives great salute' to cops for cracking case
Santosh Gulabrao Pol had confessed to killing six people between 2003 and 2016.
Satara: Santosh Gulabrao Pol, the man who has been dubbed as Maharashtra’s ‘Dr Death’ for confessing to have killed at least six people, wrote a letter to the police and gave them a ‘great salute’ for cracking the case.
Pol was arrested by the police last week on charges of abduction and murder of a woman and had confessed to killing six people between 2003 and 2016 by administering them lethal overdose of medicines.
According to a NDTV report, Pol wrote a note to the Superintendent of Police Sandip Patil, lauding him for arresting him.
"SP Sir, firstly a great salute to you. Sir, if you ask me why I am doing all this, then the question should be asked to the corrupt officials from the (police) department and the dormant society between 2003 and 2016," read the letter which was signed by Pol.
The police have however refrained from making any comments on the note.
Earlier this week, the Wai police recovered the bodies of five people from Pol’s farmhouse, about 13 kms from Wai, and are interrogating him for the whereabouts of the sixth body. Pol had told the police that he threw the sixth body in a dam in 2008.
At least five women were reported missing from Wai town since 2003.
Pol revealed the details of his crimes during an interrogation into the murder of Mangal Jedhe, a 49-year old anganwadi worker.
Pol with the assistance of a nurse had allegedly abducted Jedhe, president of Maharashtra Purva Prathmik Shikshika Sevika Sangh (MPPSSS), and murdered her with the overdose of some medicines on June 16. They buried Jedhe's body near Pol's farmhouse.
The five other victims have been identified as Salma Shaikh, Jagabai Pol, Surekha Chikane, Vanita Gaikwad and Nathmal Bhandari.