Murder of Snehal Gaware

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Snehal Gaware
| image =
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| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[India]]
| death_date = 20 July 2007 (aged 21)
| death_place = [[Andheri]]
| body_discovered = 21 July 2007
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| occupation = student
| father =
| mother =
| partner = Hiren Rathod
}}

'''Snehal Gaware''', a resident of [[Dombivili]], [[Thane]], [[Maharashtra]], in [[India]], was murdered on 20 July 2007,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/Police-find-dead-girls-cell-phone/articleshow/15725803.cms|title=Police find dead girl's cell phone|date=22 July 2007|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924185754/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/Police-find-dead-girls-cell-phone/articleshow/15725803.cms|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> allegedly by her boyfriend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/Boyfriend-arrested-for-murdering-21-yr-old-and-stuffing-the-body-in-her-beds-cavity/articleshow/16011987.cms|title=Boyfriend arrested for murdering 21-yr-old and stuffing the body in her bed's cavity|date=27 April 2010|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924182719/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/Boyfriend-arrested-for-murdering-21-yr-old-and-stuffing-the-body-in-her-beds-cavity/articleshow/16011987.cms|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Murder ==
Gaware was studying at the Sardar Patel College of Engineering, [[Andheri]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeweller booked, search now on for contractor |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/jeweller-booked-search-now-on-for-contractor/articleshow/15725538.cms |website=Mumbai Mirror |accessdate=29 May 2019 |language=en |date=22 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529083532/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/jeweller-booked-search-now-on-for-contractor/articleshow/15725538.cms |archive-date=29 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> She lived with her parents in Dombivili, at the Ninad Society where she had been recuperating from a leg injury in June 2007.<ref name="indiatv">{{cite web |title=The unsolved murder mystery of Snehal Gaware |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/crime/news/the-unsolved-murder-mystery-of-snehal-gaware-2530.html |publisher=India TV |accessdate=29 May 2019 |language=en |date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529083529/https://www.indiatvnews.com/crime/news/the-unsolved-murder-mystery-of-snehal-gaware-2530.html |archive-date=29 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 20 July 2007, she was missing from home when her mother returned. The following day, Gaware's body was found with her mouth gagged, and her hands and legs tied in the drawer of her bed.<ref name=MM>{{cite news | url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/articleshow/16011987.cms | title=Boyfriend arrested for murdering 21-yr-old and stuffing the body in her bed's cavity | date=27 April 2010 | newspaper=Mumbai Mirror | accessdate=1 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211075551/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/articleshow/16011987.cms | archive-date=11 February 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Aftermath==
Gaware's boyfriend, Hiten Rathod, was arrested and charged with her murder in April 2010. He had continued his education in the United States in the meantime.<ref name="indiatv"/> Police dropped the charges the following year, citing a lack of evidence.<ref name=TI>{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-25/mumbai/28365827_1_narco-analysis-kalyan-court-crime-branch | title=Cops do a U-turn in student murder case, say no proof against murder accused | first=Pradeep | last=Gupta | date=25 January 2011 | accessdate=1 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129165123/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-25/mumbai/28365827_1_narco-analysis-kalyan-court-crime-branch | archive-date=29 November 2013 | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/unsolved-crimes-11-years-on-kalyan-crime-branch-yet-to-find-murder-accused-5176859/|title=Unsolved Crimes: 11 years on, Kalyan Crime Branch yet to find murder accused|date=2018-05-15|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927030227/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/unsolved-crimes-11-years-on-kalyan-crime-branch-yet-to-find-murder-accused-5176859/|archive-date=27 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[2008 Noida double murder case]]
*[[List of unsolved murders (21st century)|List of unsolved murders]]

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[[Category:Unsolved murders in India|Gaware, Snehal]]

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