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A 60-year-old man was brutally murdered with a sharp weapon in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar in Pune’s Yerawada area on Monday afternoon over a relationship of his son with the alleged attacker’s sister, said officials from the Pune city police.
Police identified the deceased as Katalu Kachru Lahade and arrested the main accused, identified as Ismail Riyaz Shaikh (25) and his aide Sanket Umesh Gupta (21). Police said Shaikh and Gupta are labourers and Lahade was unemployed.
“Initial investigation points to this murder being a fallout between Lahade and Shaikh over the relationship between Lahade’s son and Shaikh’s sister. On Monday morning, it came to light that Shaikh’s sister left her home with Lahade’s son without informing her family. Probe suggests that this was the reason behind the fatal attack on Lahade,” said senior inspector Ravindra Shelke, in-charge of Yerawada police station.
“Shaikh used a sharp weapon and attacked Lahade on his face… Gupta was with Shaikh when he attacked Lahade. We have deployed police teams in the area after the incident,” added Shelke.
