Thane crime: Man held for bid to kill estranged wife

The officials on Wednesday said that the police have arrested a 35yearold autorickshaw driver for allegedly trying to kill his estranged wife by setting her ablaze over a domestic feud in Maharashtras Thane city reported news agency PTIThe couple had a longstanding dispute and the man doubted the character of his wife who was staying separately from him in Thane and used to harass her frequently an official from Chitalsar police station said quoting the 30yearold victims complaint reported PTITheir divorce petition was also pending in a court in Thane as per the complaintThe accused had on some occasions expressed the desire that his wife live with him and warned her of dire consequences if she did not do so the official said while sharing an update on the Thane crime reported PTIOn Tuesday morning when the victim was on way to her workplace the accused waylaid her near the Borivali tunnel construction siteThe man allegedly attacked his wife with an iron rod threw an inflammable liquid on her and set her on fire the official said while sharing an update on the Thane crime reported PTISome people around helped to douse the blaze and rushed the victim to a nearby hospital where she is currently undergoing treatment he saidThe victims husband has been arrested and booked under section 109 attempt to murder of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSMan held from JampK for murdering coworker in Maharashtras ThanePolice have arrested a 21yearold man from Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly killing a coworker at a powerloom factory in Maharashtras Thane district an official said on Tuesday reported PTIThe accused Sabir Rahamtullah Ansari hailing from East Champaran in Bihar and the victim Neeraj Kumar Gopinath Vishwakarma 40 belonging to Unnao in Uttar Pradesh worked at the factory in Khoni gram panchayat area of Bhiwandi city here Nizampura police stations senior inspector Vishwas Dagle said reported PTIOn February 4 the accused allegedly robbed the victim of his salary and attacked on his head and forehead with an iron hammer in the village before fleeingThe victim was rushed to the KEM Hospital in neighbouring Mumbai where he succumbed to his injuries on February 18 the official saidFollowing a complaint from a witness the police launched an intensive investigation tracking the accuseds movementsAn initial probe indicated the accused had fled to Delhi and a special police team was dispatched to locate him But by the time the team reached the national capital the suspect left there the official said reported PTIThe police examined CCTV footage from railway stations there and also tracked the accuseds mobile phoneWhile investigating the case in coordination with New Delhi railway police the probing team got to know the accused had boarded a train to Jammu and Kashmir the official said reported PTIFurther technical analysis of his mobile phone records led the police team to his location in Anantnag he saidThe police with the assistance of their counterparts in Jammu and Kashmir apprehended the accused from a bakery at Lal Chowk in Anantnag on Sunday the official said reported PTIFollowing the arrest the police recovered a stolen mobile phone and Rs 29000 in cash from him he saidThe accused has been brought to Bhiwandi and further probe into the case the police addedWith inputs from PTI