Mumbai: 29-year-old wife murders husband over a petty issue in Virar

In a shocking incident, a 29-year-old woman allegedly murdered her husband over a petty domestic quarrel at their apartment in Virar during the wee hours on Sunday. The couple resided in Virar and has an eight-year-old son.

The woman who has been identified as Neha Lokesh Pawar (29) tried to pass the death off as a road accident. Neha has been arrested and booked under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

According to the police, the couple used to have frequent fights. Assistant Commissioner of Police Renuka Bagde said that Jagdish Pawar (30) was stabbed to death after one such quarrel.

According to the police,  Neha had informed some of her relatives that her husband Lokesh Jagdish Pawar (30) had met with an accident and came home in a serious condition, late into the night.

However when Lokesh’s cousin reached his home at 3:30 am, he found him dead, lying on the floor in a pool of blood with visible stab wounds on his stomach. Sensing something fishy, the cousin who is the complainant in the case, was surprised to notice that neither there were any blood stains on the staircase, nor there were signs of any damage to Lokesh’s two-wheeler which was safely parked in the building compound.

On being interrogated, Neha told the police that Lokesh had turned alcoholic in the past few years and used to torture her physically. The victim’s body has been sent for autopsy and further investigation is underway.