This story is from September 21, 2021

Pune: Man arrested for killing cousin’s wife

The Talegaon Dabhade police on Monday arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with the rape and murder of his 19-year-old sister-in-law.
Pune: Man arrested for killing cousin’s wife
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PUNE: The Talegaon Dabhade police on Monday arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with the rape and murder of his 19-year-old sister-in-law.
The police are searching for his accomplice.
Inspector Shahaji Pawar of the Talegaon Dabhade police said the woman’s body was found tied to a tree on a hillock near Talegaon Dabhade on Monday morning.
“The suspect is her husband’s cousin,” inspector Pawar said.

On Sunday, Pawar said, the woman’s husband had gone out in search of a room. “The suspect asked the woman to accompany him and his friend to visit a temple on the hillock.
“After reaching atop the hillock, the man’s friend raped her and the suspect started asking sexual favours from the woman. When she resisted his advances, he and his friend strangulated her with her dupatta,” Pawar said.
The inspector said the suspect then smashed her head with a big stone after strangulating her so that no one would be able to recognise her. The duo tied the body to a tree.

“When the woman’s husband found her missing, he questioned his cousin. When he gave evasive replies, the woman’s husband took him to the police station,” the inspector further said.
Pawar said the police have launched a search for the other suspect.
A case has been registered against the suspects under Sections 302 (Punishment for murder), 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) and 376 (Punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the inspector added.
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