Security guard murder: Maharashtra court sends Latur doc to police custody

A court in Maharashtra on Wednesday remanded a Latur doctor in police custody till December 30 in connection with the murder of a security guard employed at his hospital news agency PTI reportedDr Pramod Ghuge along with his nephew Aniket Munde was booked after the guard Balu Bharat Dongre died on December 12The doctor was apprehended in Haridwar Uttarakhand on Monday following a tipoff PTI reported He had been on the run for several days after the Dongres death the police said According to the cops in Maharashtra Ghuge had instructed his driver to drop him in Pune claiming he needed to attend a conference From Pune he travelled to Haridwar where he was arrestedDr Ghuge was brought back to Latur on Wednesday morning and presented before a local court which granted the police his custody till December 30 Meanwhile two police teams are actively on the lookout for Munde Inspector Dilip Sagar from Maharashtra Police saidThe police case stems from a complaint filed by Dongres mother a resident of India Nagar in Latur at the Shivajinagar Police Station PTI reported She alleged that her son who had previously been arrested in an abduction case was brutally beaten to death at the hospital after demanding unpaid wagesBased on the complaint the police have registered a case under Section 302 murder and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code against Dr Ghuge and MundeAccording to the police Dr Ghuge was involved in thrashing and kidnapping a lift contractor and coerced Dongre into participating in the abduction promising him salary without work After Dongres arrest in the abduction case Dr Ghuge paid him salary for a few months but later stopped the wages When the guard confronted him the doctor threatened him they saidOn December 12 Dr Ghuge informed the security guards family that he was admitted to the hospital in critical condition Dongres father later found his son had died of severe injuries that indicated physical assault according to the policeThe first information report FIR filed by the police revealed that Dongre had gone to the hospital to demand his salary when Dr Ghuge and Munde allegedly attacked him Dongre who sustained serious injuries was admitted to the intensive care unit ICU His motorcycle parked at the hospital gate was damaged likely to destroy evidenceInitially Dr Ghuge informed the police that Dongre died from a heart attack after an accident However the security guards family alleged foul play and filed the complaint the police saidWith PTI inputs