25 April,2026 01:30 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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In a horrific scenario, a 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly strangling his wife over a dispute at their home in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Saturday.
As reported by news agency PTI, the accused, Naresh Kamalsingh Khadka, was apprehended at Panvel in Navi Mumbai within 24 hours of the crime. Senior Inspector Abhay Mahajan, while briefing about the case, said that the incident occurred during the wee hours of Friday, April 24.
The accused allegedly strangled his wife, Hima Khadka, at their residence in Agakhanwadi over a domestic discord, he said.
Soon after the incident, the couple's neighbours alerted the police, who rushed to the spot and sent the body for a postmortem to a government hospital.
Police officials further highlighted that Khadka fled the scene after the murder and was tracked down by police teams.
The police official further said that a case has been registered under section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and further investigations are underway to ascertain the exact motive behind the killing.
In an incident that has raised serious security concerns in one of the city's busiest business districts, a security guard was brutally murdered in broad daylight close to the MHADA office in Bandra East on Monday afternoon.
At around 2:15 pm, the victim was allegedly attacked with a knife by two unidentified assailants who slit the throat of the 25-year-old man working as a security guard at a construction site. The injured guard was rushed to nearby Guru Nanak Hospital by an auto driver; however, he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.
The deceased has been identified as Abhinav Kumar Chaudhary, a native of Bhagalpur, Bihar, who had recently joined duty at the site on April 1, 2026. He was employed by Torrear Security Agency.
A fellow security guard, who reported for duty shortly after the incident, said on condition of anonymity, "I came for duty around 3 pm and got to know that he had been attacked earlier. I don't know the reason, but I was told his throat was slit."
Senior PI Sarika Patil of Kherwadi Police Station confirmed the incident and said that the accused were on foot at the time of the attack. "The accused did not arrive in any vehicle. After committing the crime, they fled in an auto. We are scanning CCTV footage from the area, and the accused will be arrested soon," she said. Repeated attempts to contact DCP Maneesh Kalwaniya for a statement went unanswered.
