Mumbai: A teenager, who assisted a painter in allegedly murdering his 27-year-old partner and dumping her body in a suitcase at CST railway station on September 26, has been arrested, police said on Sunday. The victim's quarrel with her live-in partner (the prime accused) over his "illicit relationship" with a minor girl living in neighbourhood led to her murder, railway police
claimed.
Amol Karanjule (19) was arrested on Saturday evening after prime accused Pravin Thackeray (29) was nabbed from Pune earlier in the day. Pravin was in a relationship with the deceased, identified as Roshni (27), since 2002. On Saturday morning, Pune railway police nabbed Thackeray and informed the CST railway police here before bringing him to the metropolis, police said.
Explaining the case, Government Railway Police (GRP) Commissioner Prabhat Kumar said, "Thackeray and Roshni, both neighbours in a village in Amaravati district, had eloped in 2002 and settled in Pune. The couple have a son. Their ...
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07:58 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Mumbai: The Pune railway police on Saturday claimed to have solved the murder case where a young woman's body had been found in an abandoned trolley-bag at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai on September 26, with the arrest of her paramour. Pravin Thakre (29), who was in a live-in relationship with the victim Roshni, was arrested in Pune, police said. "We arrested Pravin in the afternoon and he is being...
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