The relatives of the victim's side lodged the complaint against Bhadra Bahadur Sunar, a 38-year-old man of Chedgad municipality-13, accusing him of murdering his 33-year-old wife Pansara Sunar on November 24 afternoon in an ax attack. Locals alleged that the dead body of the victim was recovered on November 26, after two days of the murder. The locals alleged that the accused and the victim got in a domestic dispute and accused charged the victim with an ax inside their house. According to the police, the complaint was lodged on November 27 and the accused absconded.