The police identified the deceased as Nikhil Khanna. His wife Renuka Jakhar Khanna, 38, was arrested and booked under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code.
Pune realtor bleeds to death after alleged assault by wife fractures nose
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A 36-year-old realtor in Pune died on Friday after his wife allegedly hit him on his face during an argument at their house in Ganga Satellite residential society in the Wanwadi area.
The police identified the deceased as Nikhil Khanna. His wife Renuka Jakhar Khanna, 38, was arrested and booked under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code, Senior Police Inspector Sanjay Patange said.
Nikhil’s nose had been fractured, the police said, adding that they needed to investigate the nature of the assault. “It could be a hard punch or an assault by a blunt object. The blood may have accumulated in the air channel and blocked breathing,” Patange said, adding that they were awaiting the post-mortem report.
The FIR against Renuka was lodged following a complaint filed by Nikhil’s father Dr Pushpraj Khanna.
As per his complaint, Nikhil married Renuka in November 2017 and the couple stayed with the Khannas at their residence in Ganga Satellite. “It was a love marriage but the quarrels started soon after the marriage. We used to counsel them but Renuka’s behaviour did not change. She used to fight with the domestic workers as well which had made it difficult for us to retain any house help,” Dr Pushpraj said in his complaint.
Renuka was allegedly unhappy after Nikhil did not comply with her wish to celebrate her birthday on September 18 in Dubai. “They marked their wedding anniversary on November 5 but she was unhappy as Nikhil did not give her a gift to her liking. She had assaulted him at that time as well. We had managed to pacify them,” Pushpraj said in the complaint.
According to Pushpraj, the latest quarrel between the couple seemed to have stemmed from her plans to travel to Delhi for her niece’s birthday. “She was angry that Nikhil was not confirming the travel plans nor arranging her flight tickets. This was leading to fights between them,” he said in the complaint.
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On Friday, Pushpraj said he got a call from Renuka and she asked him to rush home as she and Nikhil had had a fight. “I rushed home and when I was parking, I received another call from Renuka where she told me: It’s very urgent, Papa. Come quickly!’…When I entered the room, I saw that my son was lying on the floor naked and blood was coming out from his nose and mouth,” Pushpraj said in his police statement.
Pushpraj said he removed the blood clots from Nikhil’s mouth and tried giving him CPR. After noticing no response, he took the security guards’ help to take Nikhil to the hospital where he was declared dead.
“We could not obtain Renuka’s version of the events as she is not in a mental state to talk. Presently she is in the lock up and we will try to talk to her today,” said Patange.
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While Pushpraj runs Sparsh Polyclinic in Wanwadi and is also involved in the real estate business, his wife Saroj Khanna runs a school in Nana Peth.
