An woman was found dead in a village in Wada taluka of Maharashtra`s Palghar district, with the police suspecting it to be a case of murder for robbery, reported the PTI.

The body of the woman, identified as 63-year-old Sangeeta Bhagoji Patil, was found on Tuesday evening in Kone village, an official said on Wednesday.

She was a resident of the village and had been reported to be missing a few days back, he said.

“It is suspected that she was murdered for her necklace and earrings as these objects were missing,” the official said, according to the PTI.

A case has been registered at the Wada police station and her body was sent to J J Hospital in Mumbai for a post-mortem examination, he said.

Man killed over dispute in Mumbai; accused held

Meanwhile, in an another incident, a man was allegedly killed over an old dispute while the latter was chatting with his friends in Mumbai, police said on Tuesday, as per the PTI.

The incident took place at Lotus Colony in Shivaji Nagar area of eastern suburbs of Mumbai on Monday night.

The victim who was identified as Aslam Qureshi, was with his friends when the accused, identified as a 27-year-old Nazim, reached the place and attacked him at the spot.

He allegedly slit the victim`s throat with a sharp weapon and also stabbed him, an official from Shivaji Nagar police station said on Tuesday.

Qureshi was rushed to the Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar and later shifted to the Sion Hospital, where he died during treatment, the official said, according to the PTI.

Following the incident, the accused fled from the spot but was later traced and caught by police from the locality. He has been placed under arrest by the police and a case has been registered against him, said a police official.

During interrogations, the accused told the police that his brother and Qureshi had a dispute in 2022, and he attacked the latter over it, the official said.

The accused has been booked on various charges, including murder, the police added, the news agency reported.

(with PTI inputs)

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