The brothers tried to pass off her death as a suicide, but failed in their attempt to do so.
MUMBAI – The Nehru Nagar police on Tuesday arrested two brothers for strangling their brother’s wife in their Kurla home on Monday, two days after his death.
The brothers tried to pass off her death as a suicide, but failed in their attempt to do so.
The police said that the accused, Pradeepkumar Dohare (22) and his 16-year-old brother, have confessed to the crime and said they did it because they fought with their sister-in-law, Poornima (24), over who should apply for their brother’s railway job. The deceased, Mangeshkumar (24) died on February 4 in Kalyan railway hospital while being treated for injuries he had sustained in Orissa a year ago.
On Monday, officials from the railway welfare benefit department made Poornima sign papers related to her husband’s job. The brothers were annoyed when the officials gave her Rs 15,000 as compensation to their sister-in-law to carry out the final rites and told her she was entitled to a railway job.
“The 16-year-old said they offered the victim the provident fund and the other benefits of their brother, but asked her to leave the job to them,” said Nehru Nagar police senior inspector Dhananjay Bagayatkar.
“On learning that she was entitled for a job, they got annoyed. The brothers asked their sister-in-law to take the money and allow one of them to apply for the job.
However, the victim said that since she has a child, the job will take care of their future,” a police official said. Miffed, the brothers decided to kill Poornima.On Tuesday, the family was to head to Orissa with the deceased’s remains. The accused called Poornima’s brothers to check on her. “The door to the bedroom was ajar. I peeped inside when my sister did not respond to my call. She was motionless when I touched her. Immediately I rushed out and called neighbours. The entire time, I noticed there was no reaction from her in-laws which raised suspicion against them,” Poornima’s brother Manish told TOI.
On Tuesday, the family was to head to Orissa with the deceased’s remains when railway officials approached Poornima. “They (the brothers) got annoyed when officials from the railway welfare benefit department
The 16-year-old youth said he supported Pradeepkumar’s act because their sister-in-law refused to let him apply for the job. “The youth said they also offered the victim the provident fund and the other benefits of their brother, but asked her to leave the job to them,” said Nehru Nagar police senior inspector Dhananjay Bagayatkar.
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