Man murdered over suspected love affair

 

 

 

A 25-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death over a doubt of love affair at Dahegaon, police said. The man was thrown into a well by the accused persons. The police have arrested four persons including cousin of a woman in this connection. All of them have been booked for murder and under provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The incident took place on Thursday at 2.30 pm. The deceased has been identified as Kartik Baban Nitnaware, a resident of Dahegaon village. Police identified the four arrested persons as the woman’s cousin Mangesh Dilip Mondhe (29), Vickey Shankar Raut (29), Amol Umaji Chikhale (24) and Harshal Dilip Dhote (24), all residents of Dahegaon.

A police official said that the woman married last year and is staying in another village with husband. She recently came to Dahegaon to meet her parents. Mangesh Mondhe reportedly learnt from someone that Nitnware met the woman, police said.

Mondhe doubted Nitnaware of having a love affair with his sister. In a fit of rage, Mondhe with his three accomplices went to Nitnawre’s house at 2.30 pm. The four scolded the man for speaking to the woman. One of them picked a rod from Nitnaware’s house and assaulted him. Nitnawre’s parents were also attacked by the accused. The man managed to flee the spot. However, the assailants chased and caught him near a well. After beating Nitnaware mercilessly, the four pushed him into the well. He drowned to the death, police said. Staff of Kalmeshwar police station rushed to the spot and sent the body for post-mortem. SP Vijay Magar said that all the four accused were arrested in the case.

A case under Sections 302, 452, 324, 323, 294, 504, 506 and 34 of Indian Penal Code and provision of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities)

Act. A police official said that Nitnawre was searching for a job after completing ITI last year.