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Man follows wife from Andheri, kills her inside Thane ATM kiosk

Puja had come to the ATM in the Tatwagyan Vidhyapeeth area around 1 pm with the owner of the company where she works as an accountant, Manjeet Anand (43), and a colleague.

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A 35-year-old woman was killed by her estranged husband inside an ATM kiosk of a private bank in Thane on Monday afternoon. Pradeep Keer (52) and Puja Keer had filed for divorce and they had differences over the possession of their 10-year-old son.

Puja had come to the ATM in the Tatwagyan Vidhyapeeth area around 1 pm with the owner of the company where she works as an accountant, Manjeet Anand (43), and a colleague.

As she entered the ATM near the Cinewonder Mall in Kapurbawdi, Pradeep, who was following them, got into the ATM kiosk and attacked Puja with a knife. When she cried for help, Anand and the other passenger rushed to the kiosk. But Pradeep attacked them and they were also wounded. He was finally overpowered and handed over to the police by a few passers-by.

Pradeep was working as a driver in a Churchgate-based firm. But in the last few days, he has not been reporting for work.

Sanjeev Patil, police inspector from Kapurbawdi station, said Pradeep, who stayed in Dadar, was following Puja and her colleagues from their Andheri office on a bike. From the Andheri office, Puja and the two others went to Bhiwandi and were proceeding to Dahisar.

Since employee wages were due, they stopped at the ATM and Puja went inside the kiosk.

"We have recovered the knife which he was carrying. Since the accused alleged that his wife was having an extra-marital affair, we are investigating that also," Patil said.

There were 12-13 knife wounds on Puja's body and they were deep. Anand and the other person were rushed to the nearby Titan hospital and later shifted to Jupiter hospital, where they are recovering.

According to V Chandanshive, DCP zone V, "since the accused was carrying a knife in his pocket, there was murder intention". The couple were staying together in Dadar, but after their differences, Puja started staying separately in Andheri. She was wounded on her neck, shoulder, stomach and hands.

Pradeep has been booked under Section 307 (Attempt to murder) and 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of the Indian Penal Code.

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