man convicted for murder kills girlfriend
NAVI MUMBAI, Sept. 4 -- A 36-year-old man, already convicted for murdering his girlfriend's uncle in 2018 and out on bail, was again arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend on Monday. Following an argument, the man allegedly strangled his girlfriend to death in a fit of rage.
According to police, the accused, Dattaram Nagu Pingla, had been in a relationship with Archana for over two decades. In 2018, Archana's uncle opposed their relationship, after which he got her married to Chandrakant Ashok Naik. However, she soon returned to her uncle's house and never stayed with Naik, said a police officer. Harbouring resentment, Pingla murdered her uncle in 2018 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He later secured bail, after which he kept in touch with Archana, the police said.
"On Monday at 8 pm, Pingla visited Archana at her mother's house in Diviwadi, where an argument broke out between them and in a fit of rage, Pingla strangled Archana with a rope and fled," the officer added.
"The next morning Archana's sister found her lying motionless and rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was declared dead. The police were alerted, and a manhunt was launched to find Pingla," said the investigating officer of the case.
Pingla was arrested later that night in the forest area, after which a case was registered against him under Section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita....
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