PUNE: A man was booked on Friday on the charge of killing his roommate by slitting his throat at Varale village in Talegaon MIDC on Thursday night.
The Talegaon MIDC police identified the victim as Ashok Kumar (35) from Karnataka. “Kumar was a daily wage worker,” an officer said.
Kumar’s neighbour Avishkar Chougule (20) filed an FIR with the police on Friday.
The officer said around 8pm on Thursday, Chougule was returning home from work, when he heard someone screaming from the neighbouring room. “After some time, the suspect came out of the room. He was carrying a backpack. Chougule even asked him where he was going. The suspect had told him that he was going to work and left hurriedly,” the officer said.
Later at night, when their two other roommates returned from work and opened the room, they found Kumar lying dead. His throat had been slit and he was also gagged.
