Pune:
A 28-year-old girl was attacked with a cleaver by a colleague within the parking zone of their firm in Pune on Tuesday, allegedly as a result of she borrowed cash from him underneath false pretences.
Several individuals witnessed the horrific assault, however nobody intervened. The girl died of her accidents.
Krishna Kanoja, 30, an accountant at WNS Global – a enterprise course of outsourcing (BPO) firm in Yerawada – informed the police that his colleague, 28-year-old Shubhada Kodare, had borrowed cash from him a number of instances, telling him that her father was unwell and wanted therapy.
When Kanoja requested for the cash again, Kodare refused, citing her father’s situation. He then went to her native place to corroborate her story and located that her father was okay and was not affected by any well being points.
Around 6 pm on Tuesday, Kanoja known as Kodare to their workplace’s parking zone to confront her and ask for his a refund. Kodare refused, resulting in an argument, and Kanoja slashed at her with the cleaver.
Several individuals who had been within the parking zone noticed Kanoja assault Kodare however did nothing to try to cease him. One or extra of them even recorded the act. It was solely after the lady was writhing on the bottom and Kanoja threw the weapon {that a} crowd surrounded him and thrashed him.
“Kodare was rushed to a hospital with a extreme damage to her elbow. She was declared lifeless round 9 pm on Tuesday. A case was registered and Kanoja has been arrested,” mentioned a police officer.
‘Police Lacking Somewhere’
On Thursday, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar issued a veiled warning to senior officers within the Pune Police for not having the ability to sort out crime within the metropolis. The police, he mentioned, could also be “missing someplace”.
Pune has seen a number of assaults not too long ago by ‘koyta’ gangs, named after the machete-like weapons they use to hack opponents.
Asked about these gangs, Mr Pawar, who’s an MLA from Baramati, mentioned, “Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (who additionally holds the Home portfolio) has taken severe cognisance of those instances. Being a consultant of this space, I’ve additionally taken this problem very critically.”
Issuing a warning to officers, the deputy chief minister mentioned everybody is aware of there is no such thing as a political interference within the work of the police.
“Despite being given numerous services when it comes to infrastructure, housing, new workplaces and manpower, if police are unable to rein in these crimes, then it exhibits senior officers within the power should be missing someplace. If they aren’t in a position to sort out the scenario, they need to admit it and we’ll deliver higher officers to regulate crime,” the NCP chief was quoted as saying by information company PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)