A 22-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her mother-in-law in Maharashtra's Jalna district following a heated argument. The accused, Pratiksha Shingare, was apprehended in the neighboring city of Parbhani on Wednesday. The incident unfolded after an altercation between Pratiksha Shingare and her mother-in-law, Savita Shingare, at their rented residence in Jalna on Tuesday night. According to police sub-inspector Rajendra Wagh, Pratiksha allegedly struck Savita's head against a wall and then attacked her with a kitchen knife, resulting in her death. Following the murder, Pratiksha attempted to dispose of the body by placing it in a bag. However, due to the weight of the body, she was unable to do so and subsequently fled the scene. She boarded a train to her native city, Parbhani. The house owner later discovered the body in the bag and alerted the local police. A search was immediately launched for the accused, leading to her arrest in Parbhani. Additional Superintendent of Police Ayush Nopany informed reporters that Pratiksha Shingare had been married for six months to Akash Shingare, who works at a private company in Latur. A preliminary investigation suggests that Savita Shingare died from head injuries. Further investigations are ongoing to determine the full circumstances surrounding the murder.
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In another news, a man was allegedly murdered by his wife and mother-in-law over his alleged multiple extramarital affairs and illegal business dealings in Karnataka's Bengaluru last week. The deceased, 37-year-old Loknath Singh, was a real-estate businessman, an NDTV report quoted police as saying. The police reportedly said that a preliminary probe into the crime revealed the accused initially spiked the man's food with sleeping pills to make him drowsy and then drove him to a secluded spot where they slit his throat with a knife before fleeing. According to the police, the body Loknath Singh was found by a few people in an abandoned car in a secluded area of Chikkabanavara on Saturday, March 22."We had received a distress call on 112 at 5.30pm on Saturday, informing us about the body. We have arrested his wife and mother-in-law for the crime.
Further investigation is underway," the report quoted North Bangalore Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Saidul Adavath as saying. Police have linked the killing to the victim's suspected extramarital affairs and involvement in illegal business activities. According to police, Loknath had been in a relationship with the woman for two years before the couple registered their marriage in Kunigal in December. Although his family opposed the relationship due to an age gap, neither side was aware of the marriage at the time. However, shortly after the marriage, Loknath left his wife at her parents' house. It was only two weeks ago that her family discovered she was married. At the same time, Loknath's wife and in-laws learned of his alleged extramarital affairs and involvement in illegal business dealings, police said. The relationship deteriorated as the couple constantly fought, even considering divorce. Matters worsened when Loknath allegedly began threatening his in-laws and warning them of severe consequences, which led his wife and her mother to plot his murder.