A Woman,Declared dead and cremated, Sanjana Thanekar returned alive in Udgaon, shocking locals and police. The identity of the actual woman cremated remains unknown. Miraj Rural Police are investigating the case.
Pune | August 1, 2025: A bizarre and shocking incident has come to light from Udgaon in Shirol taluka, where a woman who had been declared dead and cremated has returned home alive, leaving the police and villagers stunned.
The woman, Sanjana Thanekar (37), wife of Mahesh Mahadev Thanekar (38), had gone missing since July 19. Her disappearance was reported to the Jaysingpur police on July 23. Days later, on July 29, Miraj police found a woman’s body in the Krishna riverbed near Bamani in Miraj taluka and alerted Jaysingpur police.
Mahesh Thanekar identified the body at Miraj Government Hospital based on clothing, a mole on the cheek, and some personal marks, despite the face being swollen. Believing it was his wife, he claimed the body and cremated it that night at Vaikunth Dham, Udgaon.
But the story took a shocking turn on July 30 (Wednesday) — the day of Raksha Visarjan — when Sanjana Thanekar returned to Udgaon to repay a loan in her self-help group. Her sudden appearance caused a commotion in the village, and she reportedly left soon after.
On receiving this information, the Jaysingpur police rushed into action. Sanjana later appeared in person at the police station, confirming she had been to Tasgaon and Baramati all this time. The cremated body, therefore, belonged to someone else — leading to a major mystery now under the Miraj Rural Police’s investigation.
Police officer Satyawan Hake confirmed that an investigation is underway to establish the true identity of the woman who was mistakenly cremated.
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