Mumbai: The Mumbai Police claims to have cracked the murder of a 25-year-old lawyer, Pallavi Purkayastha. The security guard of the apartment building where she lived has been arrested after he confessed to the murder. Identified as Sajjad Pathan, the guard has reportedly told the police that he killed her simply because she had yelled at him a few days back.
Pathan said he decided to attack her at night as he knew she was alone. Pathan reportedly told police, "Pallavi had shouted at me a few days earlier. I was in a state of rage and wanted revenge. I attacked her as I knew she would be alone at home that night."
The police say Pathan first attempted to rape the victim. When she resisted, he hit her with a blunt object before slitting her throat with a knife when she tried to ring her neighbour's doorbell for help.
Pallavi was found dead by her live-in partner in their 16th floor apartment in Central Mumbai's Wadala area on Thursday....
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08:04 AM, Aug 10, 2012
