PUNE: The Wanowrie police on Friday booked a woman and her relative on the charge of beating a 53-year-old small-time construction businessman to death on Thursday evening at Mohammedwadi.
“The incident resulted from an affair the victim had with the woman, who is a worker at a construction site,” senior inspector Deepak Lagad said.
“We have registered a case on the basis of an initial postmortem finding,” Lagad said. “The victim’s son-in-law has registered a complaint accusing the duo of beating his father-in-law with a wooden stump,” he added.
“The victim’s wife had left him owing to his affair,” Lagad said. On Thursday evening when the victim had gone to meet the woman, the victim’s wife and her relative thrashed him with stumps, hands and legs.
“Later, they visited the Mohammewadi police chowkey and after some discussion gave a written statement that they had no complaint against each other,” Lagad said.
He said the policemen at the chowkey had told the victim to visit a doctor, as he had suffered injuries in the assault.
The victim, however, did not see a doctor.
“After some time he was found lying on the road. The police took him to a nearby doctor, where it was found that his blood pressure was low. He has immediately suggested the treatment in a hospital,” Lagad said. The officer said the police took him to a private hospital but he was denied entry there.
“Our team took him to Sassoon hospital and on the way we also informed the victim’s son-in-law,” Lagad said adding, “The victim, however, was declared dead on arrival by the doctors.”
