The victim, Jagruti Sawant, works as a beautician in a beauty parlour in Borivli (W). According to the police, she met the accused, Mayur Batawale via Facebook on August 17.

The two, who are both residents of different chawls in Kulupwadi in Borivli (West), had begun to chat online and later started dating. But only 20 days after knowing her, Batawale proposed to her and asked her to marry him. Sawant told him it was too early to take such a big step and declined. Disappointed, he called her several times, but she told him she was at work and was busy.