The doctor also revealed that he had buried five women at his farmhouse.
A doctor from Maharashtra, who was arrested on the charge of kidnapping and killing an ‘aanganwadi’ worker, has confessed to murdering at least six persons by giving them lethal injections, on Monday.
Police recovered four dead bodies from the doctor’s farm house and still in search for another two bodies.
Santhosh Pol, who is now being called Dr. Death, worked and lived in Wai, a small picturesque town at the base of the Mahableshwar- Panchagani twin hill stations, famous for many Bollywood film shootings.
The 41-year-old doctor has reportedly confessed that he killed five women and one man, and police says that Pol’s crimes were driven by “lust and robbery”.
The doctor also revealed that he had buried five women at his farmhouse and thrown the man’s body into a water reservoir over the few years.
Dr. Pol’s alleged crimes came to light after police began to investigate the suspicious disappearance of 49-year-old ‘aanganwadi’ worker Mangal Jedhe, a woman who worked at a state-run crèche and President of the Maharashtra Purva Prathmik Shikshika Sevika Sangh (MPPSSS).
Mangal Jedhe had allegedly warned to expose Dr. Pol for various criminal activities.
“She had left Wai for Pune to attend to her daughter’s delivery, but never reached there,” MPPSSS general secretary Shaukat Pathan told media.
Police said that investigation revealed that prior to leaving for Pune, she was in touch with Pok and both had a bitter fight. Pol along with a nurse Jyoti Mandre, allegedly kidnapped Jedhe as she waited at the Wai bus depot and took her to Pol’s farmhouse around 13 km from Wai. Next day Dr. Pol killed Jedhe with a lethal injection and then buried her at the farmhouse. The nurse reportedly told the police about the killing. Dr. Pol was arrested on Saturday.
Besides Jedhe, the missing victims were tentatively identified as Salma Shaikh, Jagabai Pol, Surekha Chikane, Vanita Gaikwad and Nathmal Bhandare, all declared ‘missing’ by local authorities.
Police said that the exact details will be known only after investigation.