Man killed by live-in partner’s brother-in law in Pune; 4 arrested

The Pune crime branch was informed of the murder of Joe Parera, and that some men had dumped his body in the Mulshi area.

The Pune crime branch was informed of the murder of Joe Parera, and that some men had dumped his body in the Mulshi area, (File)

Four persons were arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing a Mumbai based man. The latter was allegedly harassing his live-in-partner, whose brother-in-law from Pune is one of the four arrested.

Police said the deceased Joe Manual Parera (age about 40 years) was resident of Kalina, Mumbai. The Pune crime branch was informed of the murder of Joe Parera, and that some men had dumped his body in the Mulshi area.

A police team nabbed the four men—Yogesh Dattu Mane (42) of Warje Malwadi, Dhiraj Salunkhe (40) of Bhavani Peth in Pune, Ashok Mahadev Thorate (35) of Beed and Ganesh Rahate (35) of Amravati—allegedly involved in the murder.

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Police also recovered Joe’s body near Gonawadi village, in the jurisdiction of Paud police station of Pune rural police, on Thursday.

“Joe was in the business of selling fish tanks. After he had a spat with his live-in partner, the latter’s brother-in-law Yogesh Mane and his three aides went to Mumbai. They attacked Joe with a hard object at his home on Wednesday, and dumped his body in the bushes in the Mulshi area. We have handed over the accused persons to Paud police station,” said inspector Mankar.

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Police inspector Manoj Yadav of Paud police station said, “We have registered an offence of murder in this case. Along with the four men, we have also named Dolly, the live-in partner of the deceased Joe Parera, as an accused in this case. As per our probe, the accused killed Joe because he was allegedly harassing Dolly.”

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