Shil-Daighar police in Thane arrested three persons for sexually assaulting and killing a 30-year-old woman. Police sources said the three accused, who are purportedly sadhus (ascetics) of a temple in the area, killed the 30-year-old woman and threw her dead body in the hilly area near the temple to ensure her body would not be discovered. 

The deceased, identified as Akshata Mhatre, a Belapur resident, had left her home after a fight with her husband. When she did not return, her husband set out to look for her and first went to her parents' home in Koparkhairane. When he could not trace her, on June 6, he filed a missing person's complaint.