Maharashtra: Man held for killing live-in partner in Palghar

Tulinj Police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district  arrested a man who was trying to escape after allegedly killing his live-in partner.

The accused was held by Railway Protection Force personnel from a train at Nagda in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said here. Megha (37), who was a nurse by profession, was found dead in her rented house in Tulinj area on Monday after foul smell began to emanate from inside and neighbours alerted the police.

The body was found stuffed in a mattress. She was suspected to have been killed sometime last week, said senior inspector Shailendra Nagarkar. The accused, her live-in partner, was jobless and they used to quarrel often. During one such quarrel he allegedly killed her, the official added.