Belagavi (Karnataka), Mar 4 (PTI): A 29-year-old man died by suicide after allegedly slitting his girlfriend’s throat in Shahapur on Tuesday, police said.
The incident happened at the woman’s aunt’s residence under the Shahapur police station limits.
According to police, Prashant Kundekar had been in a relationship with Aishwarya for over a year and wanted to marry her. However, when he approached her mother with a marriage proposal, she advised him to first achieve financial stability.
Citing preliminary findings, Belagavi Police Commissioner Iada Martin Marbaniang stated that Kundekar allegedly attempted to poison Aishwarya, but when she refused, he slit her throat with a knife. He then took his life in the same manner.
"They had known each other for about a year-and-a-half, and he had been pressuring her to marry him. Her family had asked him to improve his financial situation before they could agree," the commissioner said.
Both were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they were declared dead. Police are investigating the incident.
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Jaipur (PTI): Retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal, arrested in connection with the alleged Rs 960-crore Jal Jeevan Mission scam, was produced before an ACB court on Monday, which sent him to two days' police remand.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau had sought a three-day remand for further questioning in the matter, but the court granted two days' custody.
The order was passed by the ACB Court-1.
A team from the ACB arrested Agarwal on Thursday in connection with the multi-crore Jal Jeevan Mission corruption case.
He was sent to a three-day police remand on Friday. On completion of the remand period, the ACB produced him in court.
Agarwal was serving as the additional chief secretary of the public health engineering department when the alleged scam took place.
Some firms had allegedly secured tenders by submitting forged completion certificates in connivance with officers. Last month, the ACB arrested nine persons, including senior engineers and retired officials, in connection with the scam. Earlier, the ACB had arrested contractors.
