24 April,2026 10:27 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Police are currently investigating the exact motive behind the gruesome killing. Representational pic
A 43-year-old woman allegedly murdered her former boyfriend's wife in Bajaj Nagar in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, police said on Friday. reported PTI.
The incident took place on Wednesday morning within the jurisdiction of the Waluj MIDC police station, an official said.
According to the news agency, the accused, Shaila Sonar, allegedly barged into her former boyfriend's house and stabbed his wife in the head and neck with a knife.
The victim, identified as Sadhna Sonpethkar (42), died on the spot. Sonar was apprehended at the scene, the official added.
Police said the accused lived in the same area with her two children, including a 17-year-old son, and ran a small business.
As per PTI, two years ago, Sonar had filed a complaint accusing the victim's husband of sexually exploiting her on the promise of marriage and cheating her financially.
Police are currently investigating the exact motive behind the gruesome killing.
A Delhi court on Thursday sent Rahul Meena, the 19-year-old domestic help accused of killing a senior IRS officer's daughter at her upscale southeast Delhi residence, to four days of police custody. Chief Judicial Magistrate Deepika Thakaran allowed the Delhi Police's plea seeking four days of custodial interrogation.
A 22-year-old IIT graduate and the daughter of a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer was allegedly raped and killed at her Kailash Hills residence by Meena, their former house help, on Wednesday morning. Hours before, Meena and his associates allegedly sexually assaulted another woman in Rajasthan's Alwar.
In another horrifying incident earlier in April, which 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."
(With PTI inputs)
