Vishal Gawli, the man accused of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Kalyan, Maharashtra, was found dead by suicide in Taloja jail. | X @ians_india
A 35-year-old accused, Vishal Gawli, was found dead in Taloja jail’s washroom, hanging by a towel (gamcha) in the wee hours of Sunday. The final rites were conducted on Sunday night in Vithalwadi in Kalyan after the post mortem was conducted at JJ Hospital in Mumbai. Police sources said that the family members went to JJ Hospital for his post mortem, and later they brought the dead body to the crematorium in Vithalwadi in Kalyan for the final rites.
Gawli was lodged in Taloja jail from the month of January this year. At around 4.30 am, Gawli went to the toilet along with his ‘gamcha’ (towel) and did not come out. Meanwhile, another inmate who went to the toilet saw him hanging using his towel. The bathroom had grill above the wall and the deceased inmate tied the towel on that grill to hang himself,” Taloja jail Superintendent Pramod Wagh said.
The inmate who saw Gawli hanging, calling for the guard who then informed the doctor. “After the doctor confirmed death, magisterate conducted the medical inquest and then the body was taken for post mortem to JJ Hospital and then the body would be handed over to the family. Meanwhile an accidental death report was registered with Kharghar police,” Wagh added.Gawli was accused of the alleged rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in Kalyan. He had allegedly disposed her body with the help of his wife, Sakshi Gawali, near Padgha graveyard in Bhiwandi, in the jurisdiction of the Padgha police station. His wife, who too was arrested in this case, was placed in Byculla jail.
The Kalyan Police had also filed a 948-page chargesheet in the Sessions court in Kalyan and trial had commenced. The investigating officer said that the girl left home to buy chocolate and snacks when the accused allegedly abducted her and took her to his room where he committed sexual assault on her and later killed her.
Following the murder, he feared and narrated the incident to his wife. With the help of his wife Sakshi, the body of the girl was packed in a bag. They called an auto rickshaw from which they kept the bag in the auto and headed towards the Bapgaon area where they dumped the body nearby a graveyard at Bapgaon, Bhiwandi.
