Maharashtra: Man stabs wife to death in Thane district, injures himself

A 40yearold housewife was stabbed to death by her husband who also inflicted wounds on himself with the same weapon in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Friday reported news agency PTIAccused Santosh Powale 41 attacked his wife Vidhya as he suspected her of infidelity an official said reported PTISantosh repeatedly stabbed his wife with a knife during an argument at their home in Varap of Kalyan taluka on Thursday night he saidAfter hearing the womans screams neighbours rushed to the couples house and found Vidhya in a pool of bloodSantosh who had stabbed himself had suffered serious injuries the official said Both were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared Vidhya dead reported PTIThe accused who has been booked for murder was later shifted to the Kalwa civic hospital in Thane city the official saidMan beaten to death by roommates in Mumbai four heldIn another case a 43yearold man was allegedly beaten to death by his roommates over a trivial issue in the eastern suburbs here police said on Tuesday reported PTIThe victim Javed Ahmed Ashiq Ali Khan was attacked by the accused in their apartment in Kurla West on Monday night after he refused to bring them food from a restaurant an official said reported PTIHe said that the police arrested Sehbaz Sajjad Hussain Khan 21 Jamal Hussain Khan 42 Sajjad Hussain Khan 42 and Arif Hussain Khan 32 within hours of the murder reported PTIThe arrested accused asked Ahmed to bring them food from a restaurant to which he said he wasnt hungry and would not step out the official said reported PTIThe accused allegedly verbally abused him kicked and punched him and attacked him with a stick he saidAhmed was declared dead at a nearby hospital following which a case was registered the official saidMan killed during drinking session in Navi Mumbai one heldMeanwhile a man was killed by his friends during a drinking session in Navi Mumbai following which the police have arrested one person officials said reported PTIThe police are on the lookout for two more accused in the murder of the victim who they identified only as Pandit they saidPandit aged between 30 and 35 and his friends were consuming alcohol below the BelapurVashi highway overbridge near Turbhe Naka on Tuesday night at the time of the fatal attack reported PTIPandit allegedly abused his friends infuriating them Pandits friends hit him with a fibre pipe and broken bottles killing him at the scene said an official from the Turbhe police stationAfter being alerted police launched a probe and arrested one Vicky Budner 27 who was allegedly involved in the murder Two others identified as Aryan and Rajkumar are currently wanted the official said reported PTIWith inputs from PTI