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Nagpur Woman Murdered By Lover Over Marriage Pressure
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News18•14-10-2026, 22:15
Nagpur Woman Murdered By Lover Over Marriage Pressure
- •A 38-year-old married woman was allegedly murdered by her 33-year-old lover Javed Sheikh Shahid Manyar in Nagpur.
- •The accused hit the victim on the head with a heavy object and burned her body with a room heater following an argument.
- •The victim had been pressuring Javed to marry her, which led to frequent disputes as he was already married.
- •The crime came to light when the victim's daughters returned home on Monday and police later arrested the accused from Jalgaon.
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The woman was allegedly murdered by her lover, Javed Sheikh Shahid Manyar, after frequent disputes arose because she pressured him to marry her even though he was already married, leading him to strike her with a heavy object and burn her body with a room heater.
The accused is 33-year-old Javed Sheikh Shahid Manyar, who worked as an air-conditioner technician in Nagpur and was arrested by the MIDC Police from Jalgaon in North Maharashtra before being remanded in custody.
The crime was discovered on Monday morning when the victim's two daughters returned home after staying elsewhere, and the family initially suspected she had died due to an electric shock until a preliminary medical report revealed a head injury.
