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The Pune Police arrested a man from Hadapsar for allegedly bludgeoning his wife to death. Police officials said that the alleged incident took place on Thursday when the man hit his wife with a frying pan during a domestic fight.
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Speaking to Hindustan Times, police inspector (crime) Raju Adagale of Hadapsar police station said, "The man is a habitual drinker and routinely demanded money from her. She refused to give money on Thursday afternoon and he started hitting her with a pan. She died on impact."
According to police, the woman was seen lying in a pool of blood at the entrance of their two-room house in Pune's Hadapsar.
A case under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Hadapsar police station against the accused.
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