A 27-year-old woman has been arrested in Maharashtra&rsquo;s Sangli district on suspicion of murdering her 53-year-old husband merely a fortnight after their wedding, police sources confirmed on Thursday.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday in Kupwad tehsil, where the accused and her husband, Anil Lokhande, had been residing since their marriage. Lokhande, whose first wife reportedly died of cancer, had recently remarried. According to preliminary findings, the relationship had been strained from the start.
Investigating officers stated that tensions between the newlyweds escalated when Lokhande allegedly insisted on consummating the marriage, prompting a fierce altercation between the pair. As per the initial assessment by Kupwad MIDC police, the woman waited until her husband was asleep before allegedly attacking him with an axe, inflicting fatal injuries.
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Upon receiving a distress call, local police reached the scene and found Lokhande dead. His wife was detained shortly afterwards and booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. A case has been registered, and further investigations are underway to determine the full sequence of events leading up to the homicide.
The shocking crime comes even as public attention remains fixated on the recent murder of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi during a honeymoon trip to Meghalaya. In that case, the victim&rsquo;s wife, Sonam, is alleged to have conspired with her lover to eliminate her husband. Police in Meghalaya have so far arrested Sonam along with four others believed to be connected to the killing.
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With two high-profile domestic murders surfacing within weeks, both involving newly married women, investigators are probing the psychological and social triggers behind these crimes, even as the judicial processes begin.
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June 12, 2025 | 16:14 IST