Pune Air Hostess Murdered During Diwali Visit Home (Img: X)
Balaghat: A 35-year-old air hostess visiting her parental home in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat for Diwali was brutally murdered near the Wainganga River in Maharashtra. The woman, identified as Varsha Turkar (Syed), was allegedly attacked with a sharp weapon, with four deep wounds inflicted on her back. She was rushed to a hospital by her family but was declared dead by doctors.
The incident has triggered concern among people in the area, with police examining the circumstances surrounding the killing. While the initial account suggested that Varsha was attacked during a robbery, investigators are not ruling out other possibilities. Police arrested two people for questioning as they probe the incident and verify the accounts of those present with her.
Varsha, who lived in Pune with her husband Samar Syed, worked as an air hostess. The couple had married in 2024 after a relationship and have a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter. Varsha had travelled with her daughter to her parental home in Kinhi village in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district for Diwali.
During her studies, she became acquainted with Ritesh Agrawal, a resident of Gondia. On November 14, Agrawal travelled to Kinhi to meet her. Later that evening, the two went towards a wooded area near a temple on the banks of the Wainganga River in Bondrani village, which falls under the jurisdiction of Maharashtra's Dawaniwada police station.
At around 6 pm on November 14, Agrawal called Varsha's brother-in-law, Ashwini alias Pappu Patle, who lives in Navegaon. He reportedly told him that they had been robbed and that unidentified attackers had stabbed Varsha.
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Patle and other family members rushed to the spot, where they found her lying in a pool of blood with serious injuries. They took her to Khairlanji Hospital in Balaghat district, but doctors declared her dead at around 7 pm. She had sustained four deep wounds on her back from a sharp-edged weapon.
Waraseoni police station in-charge Anup Kumar Uikey said the post-mortem examination was conducted at Khairlanji Hospital and an inquest case was registered. The case diary is being forwarded to Dawaniwada Police in Maharashtra for further investigation.
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Varsha's body was handed over to her family after the post-mortem on November 15 at around 11 am. Her father, Dhurlal Turkar, has demanded an impartial investigation and strict punishment for those responsible. Maharashtra Police are continuing their probe.
