India | Updated Jul 31, 2010 at 04:36pm IST

Woman techie found murdered in Pune

Agencies

Pune: A 21-year-old woman, working with a software company in Pune, was found murdered near her residence at Bavdhan, police said on Saturday.

Darshana Tongare, an employee with IBM, was murdered on Friday night by unknown assailants when she was returning home from office at Yeravada, they added.

The motive behind the murder was being investigated, police said, adding no arrest has been made till now.

Woman techie found murdered in Pune

According to initial reports, Darshana was a resident of the Bavdhan area. Police suspect her lover to be behind the murder.

According to her friend, Darshana did not have enmity with anyone.

"She never told me that she has any friend who is behind her. She was good by nature and she was good with everyone," says Srikant, the victim's friend.

Police say that prima facie, the motive behind the murder seems to be a one-sided love affair.

(With PTI and CNN-IBN inputs)

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