Police said that Kashinath Patil, 76, the accused, shot Seema Rajendra in her stomach and has been absconding since
Thane: A 42-year-old woman on Friday died at a hospital in Maharashtra’s Thane a day after her father-in-law allegedly shot her over a delay in serving him breakfast, police said.
Police said that Kashinath Patil, 76, the accused, shot Seema Rajendra in her stomach and has been absconding since. They added that the woman, the mother of a 17-year-old girl, was preparing breakfast when Patil, a businessman, got furious over the delay and allegedly shot her with his licensed revolver.
“All family members were at home when the incident happened. They immediately took the woman to a nearby private hospital but during the treatment, she was declared dead on Friday morning. The accused has a licensed gun and after firing at the daughter-in-law over the breakfast issue, he fled. We have formed teams to nab him and registered a case of murder against the accused,” said a police officer.
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CM Bommai: Eshwarappa’s resignation is not a setback, truth will come out
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the resignation of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K S Eshwarappa, against whom police have booked a case for abetting the suicide of contractor Santosh Patil, cannot be considered a “setback” for the government. He said the truth will come out from the investigation and asked the opposition Congress, which is demanding Eshwarappa’s arrest, not to become investigators, prosecutors and judges themselves.
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AAP joins Cong in demand for Karnataka minister Eshwarappa’s arrest
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‘Bomb threat emails to schools an act of cyber terror’: Karnataka Police
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I was denied entry into temple for being Dalit: Cong leader Parameshwara alleges
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