Pune: A 45-year-old ex-serviceman allegedly strangled his wife (40) to death and later tried to kill their 17-year-old son at their home in Khed late on Sunday night.
The Khed police have registered a case under sections 103 (murder) and 109 (attempt to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). An officer from the Khed police said the accused retired from the Army in 2019 and later started working as a security guard with a private company in Vishrantwadi. Police said Atharva was at his neighbour’s house around 9.30pm on Sunday when the neighbour received a missed call from Atharva’s mother.
The complainant and his relatives took his mother to a hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead, police said. The Pune Rural police identified the deceased as Deepa Mahendra Daundkar. Police teams have been formed to trace the accused. “Their relatives who live in the same building rushed to the house after hearing the commotion and tried to intercept the accused. The ex-serviceman allegedly pushed Atharva’s grandfather and fled,” he added.