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Kolhapur Crime: Twist in 23-year-old engineering student death case, boyfriend arrested
- •A shocking incident came to light in Shivdav-Naikwadi of Bhudargad taluka in Kolhapur district regarding the death of a 23-year-old engineering student named Tarannum Naik.
- •The accused, Shripad Dinkar Vadar, was arrested on charges of pushing his girlfriend into a 1000-feet-deep valley after her marriage was fixed elsewhere.
- •The accused claimed to the police that they both decided to end their lives together and she jumped into the valley, but he lacked the courage to jump at the last moment.
- •Police checked the chat history of the couple and found no evidence supporting any suicide pact, raising deep suspicion against the boyfriend.
- •Authorities have applied BNS Section 103 for murder against the accused as investigation reveals contradictions in his statements.
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Shripad Vadar was arrested after he went to the police station to report that his 23-year-old girlfriend, Tarannum Naik, had fallen into a valley. The police registered a murder case against him under BNS Section 103(1) after suspicions arose due to inconsistencies in his statement.
Upon checking their chat history, police found no evidence supporting the claim of a mutual suicide pact. The messages instead indicated that the accused was deeply distressed over the young woman's marriage being fixed elsewhere.
The accused claimed that because their families fixed Tarannum's marriage elsewhere, they had both decided to end their lives together. He stated that she jumped into the 1,000-foot-deep valley, but he lost his courage at the last moment and did not jump.
