Seema Gavit and Renuka Shinde

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Sisters Seema Mohan Gavit (born 1975) and Renuka Kiran Shinde (born 1973) are Indian serial killers convicted of kidnapping thirteen children and killing five of them between 1990 and 1996. In association with their mother Anjanabai, they were active in various cities in western Maharashtra – Pune, Thane, Kalyan, Kolhapur, and Nashik. The reason for kidnapping the children was to take them to crowded places where one of the trio would try to steal people's belongings. If the thief was caught, she would either try to evoke sympathy through the child, or create a distraction by hurting them. The kidnapped child would later be killed. The trio were arrested in November 1996, along with Renuka's husband Kiran Shinde, who later turned approver and was pardoned. Anjanabai died of illness within two years of being arrested, with the trial yet to begin. In 2001, the Sessions Court at Kolhapur found the sisters guilty of kidnapping thirteen and murdering six children. The Bombay High Court in 2004...

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