While the Mumbai police has not been successful in locating Avdhut Shinde, who has been missing for over a month after the mysterious death of his wife Sharmila, it has been revealed that Sharmila's decaying body was recovered from the refrigerator of the rented house she resided in with Avdhut and their children. The Dutch police neither confirmed nor denied this.

Avdhut has been missing since May 18, after he dropped off his and Sharmila's children at his father Madhukar's house. Sources said that before leaving, Avdhut had allegedly told Madhukar, "Please take care of these children... I am going...I may not come back." After this episode, Madhukar remained confused for four days before he decided to approach the Dindoshi police station to register a missing person's complaint against Avdhut and Sharmila on May 21, the day the Dutch cops recovered the latter's decomposed body.