Man Kills Married Woman After She Refused Sexual Favours in Maharashtra, Arrested

A 30-year-old man is arrested on Friday for allegedly killing a married woman after she rejected his sexual advances, police said.

The woman was found in a pool of blood with her head smashed near her agricultural farm in the Saiwan ara of Virar on July 15, police PRO Hemant Katkar said.

The Virar police registered a case under IPC section 302 (murder) and initiated a probe.

Acting on certain leads, the police detained the accused, Rajesh Pawar (30), and subjected him to interrogation, he said.

Man Kills Married Woman After She Refused Sexual Favours in Maharashtra, Arrested
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Pawar was placed under arrest on the night of July 17, has confessed to his crime, Katkar claimed.

According to the police, while the victim was on her way to the farm, the accused accosted her and demanded sexual favours.

When the woman refused and threatened that she would complain about him to her husband and villagers. The man attacked her with a sharp-edged weapon and fled the spot, they said.

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