Pune: Bhosari MIDC police on Tuesday arrested a daily wage earner (30) for allegedly hacking his estranged wife (25) to death in Moshi over suspicions of infidelity.A police team, led by senior police inspector Ganesh Jamdar, arrested the man on Pune-Solapur highway before he could flee the state. Police also detained his accomplice in connection with the case.The victim’s body was found on the premises of a commercial complex in Moshi in the early hours of Monday. Investigators recovered two cellphones from the spot, but were initially unable to unlock them.“Later in the day, someone called the woman on her cellphone. We traced the caller and established her identity,” inspector Bhojraj Misal of the Bhosari MIDC police told TOI.Investigation revealed that the woman was a makeup artist and had been living separately from her husband for the past year, the officer said. “We obtained her husband’s phone number and traced him on Pune-Solapur highway. During questioning, he admitted to killing his wife,” he said.On Sunday night, the woman was having dinner with a friend when her estranged husband contacted her and asked her to meet him for a discussion. His accomplice was also with him.“When the woman arrived, the man got engaged in an argument with her. Accusing her of talking to another man, he demanded that she show him her cellphone. When the woman refused to hand over her cellphone, the accused hacked her to death with a sharp weapon and fled,” Misal said.
