Lohegaon: Vimantal Police Arrest Paramour For Killing Woman
Mubarak Ansari
Pune, 28 April 2021: The sleuths from Vimantal police station, Pune city police, have arrested a man for allegedly killing his girlfriend. The case was solved within 24 hours after the murder was reported.
The arrested person has been identified as Santosh Mahadev Rathod (31) of Sai Park Labour Camp near Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Lohegaon.
According to police, the body of a young woman was found in a field opposite Kuber Park on Ajeenkya DY Patil University-Lohegaon road on Tuesday morning. After getting information, senior police officers including DCP (Zone 4) Pankaj Deshmukh, ACP (Yerwada division) Kishor Jadhav, Senior Police Inspector Gajanan Pawar, Police Inspector (Crime) Mangesh Jagtap and detection branch officer Sachin Jadhav reached the spot and investigation began.
The cops identified the woman and learnt that she had been missing after going out with her paramour Rathod around 10 pm on April 26. Later, Rathod was detained and he confessed to having murdered her as she used to talk to other men also. They had quarrelled over the issue earlier also.
Police said that Rathod had taken her to the field on a bike and strangled her. Later he smashed her face with a stone. Police Inspector Jagtap is further investigating the case.
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