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Mumbai: Woman held for killing husband in Virar
Sandhya Nair | TNN | Mar 8, 2021, 19:36 IST
MUMBAI: A Virar woman in Mumbai has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband on Sunday using a kitchen knife.
Domestic violence is suspected to be the cause.
The matter came to light when Neha Pawar (29) called up a relative informing that her husband Lokesh (30) had met with a motorbike accident in the wee hours of Sunday and was serious.
The relative rushed to the couple's fourth floor flat in Jeevdani Apartment, Chandansar, Virar (east) at around 3.30am.He was shocked to find Lokesh lying in a pool of blood.
The two-wheeler was parked in the building compound and there was no sign of an accident.
He informed the Virar police who reached the flat and arrested Neha.
The body has been sent for autopsy.
Neha told the police that they fought over trivial domestic issues and in a fit of anger, she stabbed him on the abdomen. He bled to death.
The couple's seven-year-old son was at his grandparents' home.
Lokesh worked for an event management company.
The couple were colleagues in the company, where they fell in love and married eight years ago.
The couple stayed in Nalasopara and had moved to the rented flat in Virar a year ago.
Neha told the police that Lokesh had turned alcoholic in the past few years and used to torture her physically.
Police suspect that the harassment may have got worse during the lockdown.
A case of murder has been registered against Neha.
She is in police custody till March 11.
Domestic violence is suspected to be the cause.
The matter came to light when Neha Pawar (29) called up a relative informing that her husband Lokesh (30) had met with a motorbike accident in the wee hours of Sunday and was serious.
The relative rushed to the couple's fourth floor flat in Jeevdani Apartment, Chandansar, Virar (east) at around 3.30am.
The two-wheeler was parked in the building compound and there was no sign of an accident.
He informed the Virar police who reached the flat and arrested Neha.
The body has been sent for autopsy.
Neha told the police that they fought over trivial domestic issues and in a fit of anger, she stabbed him on the abdomen. He bled to death.
The couple's seven-year-old son was at his grandparents' home.
Lokesh worked for an event management company.
The couple were colleagues in the company, where they fell in love and married eight years ago.
The couple stayed in Nalasopara and had moved to the rented flat in Virar a year ago.
Neha told the police that Lokesh had turned alcoholic in the past few years and used to torture her physically.
Police suspect that the harassment may have got worse during the lockdown.
A case of murder has been registered against Neha.
She is in police custody till March 11.