A deserted house, an open door and the murder of a millionaire... the anonymous killer who has been on the lookout for 13 years

The murder of Hari Vasudev Dhamdhere, a retired chief engineer in Pune in 2011, remains unsolved to this day. Dhamdhere was brutally murdered at his home when his wife had gone to attend a religious ceremony.

New Delhi: Sometimes, there are some murder cases which are extremely brutal but remain unsolved despite many efforts. The police are unable to find any evidence or clue to reach the murderer. As a result, the victim's family keeps wandering in the hope of justice. This is proved true in the case of the murder of 84-year-old Hari Vasudev Dhamdhere, who lived in Mitra Mandal Colony of Pune. The mystery of Dhamdhere's murder remains unsolved even after 13 years.

It was March 24, 2011, when Dhamdhere was watching the cricket World Cup match between India and Australia at his home, and during that time he was brutally murdered. Dhamdhere, a retired chief engineer who had worked on the Koyna Dam power project, was called Abbasaheb by those who knew him. His son used to run a gas agency in Salisbury Park.

On the day Dhamdhere was murdered, his wife had gone to attend a religious ceremony. His son and daughter-in-law were also out of the house for work. According to the Indian Express report, around 7:30 pm, some gas agency employees came to the bungalow to deliver the daily collection of about Rs 3.2 lakh. At that time, Dhamdhere was watching the cricket match between India and Australia on TV at his home.

A corpse covered in blood and the TV on

Dhamdhere asked his servant to keep the bag containing money on the first floor of the bungalow. At around 8 pm, his servant left the house and after that Dhamdhere was alone at home. At around 9:30 pm, when his son and daughter-in-law arrived home, they found Dhamdhere's body soaked in blood. The TV was on and the cricket match was still going on.

The back door of the house was open and the money was missing

The son immediately called the rest of the family members, a doctor, and the manager of his gas agency. After examining Dhamdhere, the doctor said that he had died. Now the police were informed about the matter. According to the police, Dhamdhere had more than 25 knife wounds on his body. When the police investigated, it was found that the back door of the bungalow was open and the gas agency collection money was missing.

No CCTV footage was found

Seeing the circumstances of the crime scene, the police suspected that Dhamdhere was murdered with the intention of robbery. The police sent the body for postmortem and registered a murder case and started an investigation. The biggest problem in this case was that there was no CCTV camera near the crime scene, from which the police could get a clue about the murderer.

325 people were questioned

The police questioned about 25 employees of the gas agency. After this, about 300 people with criminal backgrounds were questioned, but nothing was found about the murderer from anywhere. People who had a previous record of theft and robbery were also investigated. The police questioned the neighbors, but they too did not see anyone coming or going to Dhamdhere's house at the time of the murder.

No one heard the sound of the scream

Neighbors said that they were also watching the cricket World Cup match at that time and hence no one heard any sound or scream when Dhamdhere was murdered. Police also questioned some of Dhamdhere's close friends but had no success. Those who knew Dhamdhere said that he was a very helpful person and was involved in social work after retirement. Despite investigation from every angle, this case is still unsolved.

PC:The India Express