Overview
- Additional District and Sessions Judge P.A. Sane convicted Prabhu alias Prabhakar Devravji Dhotre and ordered rigorous life imprisonment with a ₹1,000 fine and six months’ rigorous imprisonment in default.
- The case concerns the July 2017 killings of Sandeep Motiram Gaikwad, 22, and Saleem/Sameer Aslam Shaikh, 20, under the Turbhe flyover on the Thane–Belapur Road.
- Police said the victims were attacked with a stone and a paving block while sleeping under the bridge, causing fatal head injuries at the scene.
- Investigators reported a motive rooted in prior threats and alleged extortion, with accounts citing a ₹20,000 dispute that fueled resentment.
- Sanpada Police arrested Dhotre within hours of the incident, with Senior Police Inspector Suraj Padvi overseeing the probe and filing the charge sheet; no appeal has been reported.