Pune: A 30-year-old man walked into Sangvi police station on Friday morning and told the police that he had killed his step-grandmother at her home in New Sangvi over a property dispute.The incident came to light around 9.30am when the man approached the police station while personnel were attending to their routine duties. The shocked police personnel alerted their senior officers and rushed to the spot, where they found Mangal Shingore (60) lying in the bathroom with her throat slit. “We arrested her grandson, Omkar Kisan Shingore (30), a resident of Pimple Gurav, on the charge of murder,” inspector Amol Nandekar of Sangvi police said.Deputy commissioner of police (zone I) Sandeep Atole of Pimpri Chinchwad police said that Shingore was the accused’s step-grandmother. The accused has a previous criminal record and lives with his father in Rajiv Gandhinagar in Pimple Gurav. The victim, meanwhile, lived in a three-storey building constructed by her husband. “There are six tenants in the building, and the woman used to earn around Rs50,000 a month in rent,” Atole said.The DCP said that during questioning, the accused claimed that he and his father had to live in a slum, while his step-grandmother occupied the building constructed by his grandfather. “The accused said that he and his father wanted to move into the building, but his step-grandmother was not ready to let them do so,” Atole said.He added that the accused had recently met the woman and discussed the issue with her, but she refused to agree to his demand. “On Friday around 9am, the accused went to the woman’s home on the third floor of the building. She was in the bathroom when he attacked her with a sharp weapon and stabbed her in the throat,” Atole said.When the police reached the spot, the woman was found lying unconscious in the bathroom. She was taken to a hospital, where doctors declared her dead. “Our investigation is on,” Atole said.This was the second murder linked to a property dispute reported in the Pune region since Monday. On Tuesday (Oct 6), Pune Rural police arrested an 83-year-old man from Lonavla for allegedly shooting his 33-year-old grandson dead over a property dispute. The police also arrested four family members for allegedly destroying evidence.
