On Saturday, an automobile mechanic allegedly murdered his girlfriend using a knife and a wrench at a lodge in Pune’s Pimpri-Chinchwad. He later surrendered to the police and confessed to the crime. The accused, identified as 25-year-old Dilawar Singh from Pune’s Pisoli area, told the police he was provoked after allegedly discovering photos of his girlfriend with another man on her phone.
The police have identified the deceased as Mary Mallesh Telugu, 26, a resident of Dehu Road, who took up small domestic jobs. A homicide case was filed late Saturday at Wakad station. Singh is scheduled to appear in court on Sunday, where the police will request his custody remand.
An officer from Wakad police station told the Indian express, “On Saturday evening, Singh reached Kondhwa police station and told the police that he was in a relationship with a woman but he suspected that she was being unfaithful to him. He told the police that he had taken her to a lodge in the Kalakhadak area in Wakad earlier that afternoon. When he checked her phone he found intimate photos of the woman with another man, following which he fatally attacked her with a sharp knife and a wrench, in a fit of rage.”
The officer mentioned that the inspector from Kondhwa station notified the Wakad police station, which falls under the Pimpri Chinchwad jurisdiction, regarding the man's statement. Following this, a team from Wakad police station was sent to the lodge, where they discovered the woman's body in a room. Singh was captured and transferred to the Wakad police. He has been arrested and charged with murder.