Mumbai: Vikroli police on Sunday arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly killing his girlfriend by slitting her throat. The accused was suspicious that his girlfriend was having an affair.
Identified as Nitin Rajput, the accused also tried to flee from the place but the Vikroli police was able to trace and arrest him.
According to the police, Jyoti Gaikwad, 33, was found injured outside her building premises in Kannamvar Nagar of Vikroli on March 23.
“At night when they were both returning after burning Holika, they got into a heated argument after which Nitin slit Jyoti’s throat with a borrowed knife and fled from the place,” said police official.
Residents who saw her lying a pool of blood took her to Rajawadi Hospital where she was declared dead late in the night.
Nitin and Jyoti would fight often as he suspected Jyoti of having an affair with someone else, said sources from the police. The couple was in a live-in relationship after Jyoti got divorced from her husband a few months ago. She has two children but was living with Nitin without them as he did not approve of the kids.
Police officials said that Jyoti’s parents never liked Nitin as he works in a mall and has a meagre salary. So they did not permit Jyoti to marry him. Six months into the relationship, Jyoti moved in with Nitin but would often complain to her mother that he would beat her up suspecting her loyalty towards him. Jyoti’s mother often told her to break up with him but she continued to live with Nitin.
According to police officials, they have arrested Nitin under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destroying evidence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). He was produced before the holiday court.
