THANE: A man allegedly strangled his partner to death after suspecting her of having an affair with another person and transported her body in a car from Kolhapur to Thane in Maharashtra before being arrested, police said on Tuesday.The accused, Prakash Ananda Patil (40), a resident of Shirgaon village in Kolhapur district, has been arrested.According to police, Patil was in a relationship with Surekha Shivajine Are (40), a widow from the same village, and suspected her of being involved with another person.Senior inspector Vijay Kadbane of Narpoli police station said Patil allegedly strangled the woman to death at his farm in Shirgaon at around 11 am on Sunday.After the alleged murder, he wrapped the body, loaded it into a car and drove overnight to Kasheli in Bhiwandi, Thane district, more than 350 km away from Kolhapur, the officer said.Based on a tip-off from a local resident in Bhiwandi on Monday morning, police tracked the vehicle and apprehended Patil.“We took the accused into custody, seized the car and sent the body for postmortem. A formal FIR (Zero FIR) was registered under section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita before transferring the case to the jurisdiction concerned for further action,” the official said.Police said the accused’s exact plans for disposing of the body were not yet clear.(With inputs from PTI)
