Overview
- Thane police say Santosh Powale, 41, attacked his wife Vidya, 40, on Thursday night in the Varap/Titwala area; she was declared dead and he sustained self-inflicted injuries.
- Investigators booked Santosh under BNS section 103(1) for murder; he was first taken to an Ulhasnagar facility and then shifted to Kalwa’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, where his condition is critical.
- Local reports add that Santosh is a manager at an automobile dealership and that Vidya had moved to her sister’s home in Varup; police say he stabbed her multiple times in the neck as she returned from work around 9:30 pm.
- In a separate Badlapur case, police allege Manisha Parmar and neighbor Laxman Bhoir strangled her husband, Kisan Parmar, 44, wrapped the body in bedding, and dumped it in a river where locals later spotted it.
- A post-mortem confirmed death by strangulation; an FIR citing BNS sections 103(1) and 238 has been registered, and police have launched a manhunt for the two accused who remain absconding.