Police opened the door with the keys which Bhave’s brother had. They found her decomposed body inside the bathroom. After the punchnama police sent the body for post-mortem and registered an ADR. Bhave worked as a history professor in Sathaye College. She was a divorcee. Her brother said it’s a personal tragedy and refused to speak further.

Swapnil Powale, a neighbour, said Bhave hardly interacted with others in the building. Earlier her father lived with her but about seven years ago, he passed away. A source told mid-day that Bhave would not talk regularly even to her family. She would not respond to WhatsApp messages for days.

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The source said on inquiring with Sathaye College, it was found that Bhave had not reported to work from April 4 and she did not answer the staff’s calls. Police found toilet cleaner on the bathroom floor. They suspect that she slipped on this liquid. There were injury marks on her head.

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