our team comprising police constables govind phad and pranav sankpal arrested the three men on wednesday kadam said the suspects dug a ditch and buried the halfburnt body akshay yenpure works with a private company in kothrud they laid a trap and nabbed yenpure on wednesday subinspector waghmore said that yenpure saw sonawane as a hurdle in the relationship n j more assistant inspector of the kothrud police station is investigating the case the kothrud police have arrested akshay damodar yenpure 22 of manas apartments shivane vinayak baban dalvi 23 ayyappa basavraj pagat 19 both from mayur colony and rajendra madhukar sorte 23 of jai bhavaninagar kothrud pune the kothrud police on wednesday arrested four men for killing an atm guard and burying his halfburnt body at shelar vasti near mayur colony on april 20 when sonawane did not return home on the night of april 20 his wife approached the kothrud police station the next day the suspects then threw their bloodsoaked clothes in the canal and escaped yenpure had an illicit relationship with sonawanes wife said prem waghmore subinspector of the kothrud police station akshay had developed a relationship with sonawanes wife how sonawane was murdered before shifting to shivane a few months ago dharmendra sonawane and his wife were staying at a rented room owned by the suspect akshay yenpures father on april 20 yenpure and another suspect went to the atm and asked sonawane to accompany them for drinks they took him to mayur colony where they consumed liquor subinspector harshal kadam said that yenpure has admitted to his involvement in the murder during investigation police got a tipoff that sonawane was killed by four men and the murder was a fallout of an illicit relationship sonawanes remains were exhumed from the spot on wednesday evening waghmore said the suspects have been arrested under sections 302 murder 364 kidnapping or abducting in order to murder and 201 destroying evidence of the indian penal code he also gave out the names of his three accomplices so he decided to kill him police said that 32yearold dharmendra sonawanes murder was a fall out of illicit relationship one of the accused had with sonawanes wife the suspects took his body to a secluded place near the nilu phule garden in mayur colony where they poured petrol on him and set him afire waghmore said after sonawane got high yenpure stabbed him in the throat with a sharp weapon the body did not burn completely so they decided to bury it sonawane was working as a security guards at an atm kiosk near gandhi bhavan in kothrud