A 60-year-old woman was allegedly killed by an unidentified person here in Maharashtra, the police said on Tuesday. The woman, identified as Rita Rony Rodrigues, was found lying dead with multiple stab wounds in her flat in the Mira Road area on Monday evening, Thane rural police spokesperson Yuvraj Kalkutage said. She lived alone and used to take tuitions in the house, he said.

The body was sent for postmortem and a case was registered against the unidentified culprits under IPC section 302 (murder), he said, adding that a probe was on into the incident.

In another incident, the Palghar police arrested a 30-year-old housewife for allegedly killing her husband. The accused has been identified as Shilpa Bari, who is a resident of Dahanu in Palghar district, and was arrested on Sunday night and booked for murder, Inspector Sambaji Yadav of the Gholwad police station said. The victim, Umesh Bari (35), was found dead in his house on November 2, the police said, adding that subsequently a case of accidental death was also registered.