Man kills his wife for opposing his wish for second marriage
- Kunal Sonak Khadke wanted a son and hence he wanted to marry another woman.
- Kunal took his wife Indu on a bike towards a river and allegedly strangulated her to death.
A 29-year-old man here allegedly strangulated his wife to death as she refused to allow him to marry another woman over his desperation to have a male child, police said on Tuesday.
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Kunal Sonak Khadke and his wife Indu (28) lived in Bothra village of Sahapur taluka in Thane district and the couple have three daughters. Kunal desired a son and hence wanted to marry another woman, Kasara police station inspector Pradip Kasbe said.
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As Indu opposed his wish to remarry, Kunal plotted the crime. On Sunday night, he took his wife on a bike towards a river and allegedly strangulated her to death. He then threw the body on the road, to make it appear that she died in an accident.
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The police last night registered an offence against the accused based on a complaint by the deceased's father. Based on the complaint, the accused was arrested this morning and booked under sections 302 (murder), 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of the IPC, police added.