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By Tejas

Pune, September 18, 2024: In an outrageous act, two individuals shockingly slashed a man to death over suspicions of an extramarital affair with the wife of one of the accused. This incident took place at midnight on Wednesday, September 18, around 1.30 a.m. near the nursery in Bavdhan police station.

In this regard, Hinjawadi police have arrested two people from Manpada. The deceased individual has been identified as Praveen Kumar Mahato (age 25), an original resident of Muzaffarpur, Bihar, whereas the arrested accused are Rajeev Kumar Singh (age 33) and Dheerajkumar Ramodsingh (age 20). Both are residents of Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

Surprisingly, the accused travelled straight-a-way from Bihar to Pune to carry out this murder.

As per the information given by the senior police inspector, Kanhaiya Thorat, Hinjawadi police received information regarding the murder of Praveen Kumar Mahato on Wednesday morning. After examining, police found that the Mahato was killed with a sharp weapon while he was sleeping.

Earlier, police suspected a commercial dispute as a reason behind the murder, as Praveen had a gardening contract of a big company. However, in the subsequent investigation, police learnt that he had disputes with Rajeev Kumar Singh. Accordingly, police started searching for the accused.

Meanwhile, police learnt that both the accused were planning to travel to Bihar via Manpada. Accordingly, police apprehended both the accused from Manpada. In the police interrogation, the accused confessed that they had killed Praveen Kumar Mahato over suspicion of his affair with Rajeev's wife.

Rajeev Kumar was suspicious that his wife and Praveen had extramarital affairs with each other for the last four years. For this reason, he had many arguments with Mahato earlier. However, after the photos of Mahato and Rajeev's wife went viral on social media the last month, Rajeev planned to kill Praveen. Accordingly, he travelled to Pune from Bihar and murdered Praveen with his other accomplice.