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Santosh Jadhav (Sharpshooter) Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 14, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth1999

Age23 Years (as of 2022)

BirthplacePokhari Village, Parner Taluka, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra

ProfessionSharpshooter

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

FamilyWife; one daughter; mother Sita Sunil Jadhav; father Sunil Jadhav (died 2012); one younger sister

Santosh Jadhav (Sharpshooter) Biography

Santosh Jadhav is an Indian sharpshooter from Pokhari Village in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Known in media reports as one of the suspects in the 2022 murder案

Early life and background

Santosh Jadhav was born in 1999 and grew up in Pokhari Village, Parner Taluka, in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. His father, Sunil Jadhav, died when Santosh was about 13 years old. After his father’s death the family relocated to Manchar in Ambegaon taluka of Pune district, where they settled.

Family accounts describe Santosh as having been generous in childhood. His mother, Sita Sunil Jadhav, has spoken publicly about him and said she last saw him around a year and a half before media reports linked him to major criminal investigations. Santosh is married and has a daughter. He also has a younger sister.

Career

Santosh Jadhav has been described in reporting as a sharpshooter and a history-sheeter. Media sources link him to the Arun Gawli gang and to Lawrence Bishnoi’s network. Authorities have said he received advanced weapons training, according to available reports.

Legal cases and investigations

Public records and news reporting associate Jadhav with multiple criminal cases registered at the Manchar police station. These include allegations ranging from theft and obtaining ransom to more serious charges. In 2019 he was suspected in a rape case. In August 2021 a case was registered against him in connection with the murder of a gangster known as Ranya (alias Omkar Bankhile). Following that incident, reporting indicates Jadhav fled police custody in 2021 and went into hiding.

Investigations said he moved across states while absconding, with time spent in Rajasthan, Haryana, and Punjab. Authorities later circulated a lookout notice and his photograph in relation to high-profile inquiries.

Connection to the Sidhu Moosewala murder investigation

Santosh Jadhav’s name surfaced in media coverage of the May 29, 2022 shooting death of Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala in Mansa district, Punjab. Investigating agencies in Maharashtra and Punjab reported him among several individuals of interest. Pune police officials said their probe indicated links between Jadhav and members of the Bishnoi gang, and that he had been under suspicion by Punjab police, who issued a lookout notice.

A fellow suspect, Sourav Mahakal, was arrested by Pune police; during interrogation Mahakal identified Jadhav as being in Pune prior to the circulation of Jadhav’s photograph by Punjab police. Reporting notes that Jadhav briefly returned to Pune and later left the country for Nepal as inquiries intensified.

Other reported matters

In 2022 Jadhav was also mentioned in connection with a threat letter matter involving the actor Salman Khan; Mumbai Police later stated there was no direct link between Jadhav and that investigation. Media reporting additionally includes an account that he was accused of another offence in Gangapur, Rajasthan, alongside members of the Bishnoi gang.

Public profile

Physically, reporting lists Santosh Jadhav’s approximate height as 172 cm (about 5 ft 8 in) with dark brown eyes and black hair. He is an Indian national. Public descriptions identify him primarily by his alleged role as a sharpshooter and his association with organised criminal groups. His mother has publicly expressed that she does not endorse criminality and appealed for understanding of the family’s situation.

Latest updates

After his alleged links to the Sidhu Moosewala case became public, police in Pune and Punjab exchanged information and coordinated inquiries. Authorities circulated his image and issued lookout notices as investigations continued. Available reporting states he left India for Nepal following the intensification of probes and that several cases remain registered against him at Manchar police station.

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Career Highlights

  1. Named in media reports as one of the suspects in the Sidhu Moosewala murder investigation
  2. Associated in reporting with organised criminal groups and alleged advanced weapons training
  3. Subject of multiple criminal cases registered at Manchar police station
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