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A 28-year-old woman was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife by a colleague in the parking lot of their company in Pune on Tuesday, allegedly because she borrowed money from him under false pretences. 

Several people witnessed the horrific attack, but no one intervened. 

Krishna Kanoja, 30, an accountant at WNS Global – a business process outsourcing (BPO) company in Yerawada – told the police that his colleague, 28-year-old Shubhada Kodare had borrowed money from him several times, telling him that her father was unwell and needed treatment. 

When Kanoja asked for the money back, Kodare refused, citing her father’s condition. He then went to her native place to corroborate her story and found that her father was okay and was suffering from no health issues. 

Around 6 pm on Tuesday, Kanoja called Kodare to their office’s parking lot to confront her and ask for his money back. Kodare refused, leading to an argument, and Kanoja stabbed her with a kitchen knife.

Several people who were in the parking lot saw Kanoja stab Kodare but did nothing to try and stop it. One or more of them even recorded the act. It was only after the woman was writhing on the ground and Kanoja threw the weapon that a crowd surrounded him and thrashed him. 

“Kodare was rushed to a hospital with a severe injury to her elbow. She was declared dead around 9 pm on Tuesday. A case was registered Kanoja has been arrested,” said a police officer. 

A 25-year-old man has died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki and left behind a note accusing his lover’s family of harassment. Sudheer Kumar has also put up a Facebook post, titled “Hamari Adhoori Kahani” (our incomplete story), with pictures from his court wedding and marriage certificate.

Sudheer said he had been in a relationship with Komal for about four years and married her at court about six months ago. Komal’s family, he alleged, was opposed to the relationship and had been harassing him.

He wrote that his roommate Ayush was Komal’s brother and that he had initially backed their relationship. But Komal’s parents opposed and harassed him, he has alleged.

Komal, Sudheer said in the note, had told him repeatedly that she wanted to be with him and it was on her insistence that the two married in court. “Then Komal told her family about the court marriage, I don’t know what happened, but we stopped talking,” he wrote, accusing Komal and her family of harassment.

Sudheer has alleged in the note that Komal, her mother and her brother Ayush had asked him to die.

This morning, Sudheer’s body was found hanging from a tree near their home. His family members have said that Komal’s parents wanted him to agree to a divorce and would call him repeatedly. But he had told them that he would not move for a divorce unless Komal told him to, his brother said.

Police officer Santosh Kumar said the body had been sent for autopsy. Sudheer’s family has registered a complaint and a probe is on, said police.

Inputs by Sarfaraz Warsi