Pune: Man Kills Wife And Stepdaughter, Surrenders At Police Station

Tikam Shekhawat

Katraj, 16th March 2024: A man who works as a finance advisor with a city-based firm brutally killed his wife and stepdaughter in Datta Nagar, Jambhulwadi Road, Pune.

After stabbing his wife with a knife, he smothered his stepdaughter’s face with a pillow. However, after this heinous act, the killer himself went to the police station and reported the ordeal.

Police quickly sprang into action and took him into immediate custody, initiating the investigation.
DCP (Zone 2) Smartana Patil confirmed to Punekar News that the incident took place around 4:45 am at Lake Vista Society, a post-society in Dattanagar, Jambhulwadi, Pune. The deceased have been identified as Shweta Talewale (age 40) and Shiroli Talewale (age 16). The accused, Ajay Talewale (age 45), is from Pune and his wife, Shweta, was a native of Nagpur.

According to police officials, at the time of the incident, the deceased were sleeping. Since the son of the accused had been at his grandmother’s place he has no clue of the incident. This was Shweta’s second marriage. Her daughter was from her first husband. In the last couple of weeks, Shweta and Ajay have had disputes due to financial problems. The night before the murder, they also fought.

Police are conducting further investigation.