Woman murdered over parking dispute

A 34-year-old woman was allegedly  stabbed to death over a dispute about a parking space in Nandanvan area on Thursday.
The police have arrested Eknath Premraj Tapre, a history-sheeter, for allegedly stabbing Aarti Girdkar to death on Wednesday night, an official said.

Both the victim and the accused were residents of Nandanvan slums and would often quarrel about parking of the former’s two-wheeler, he said.

During a heated argument on Wednesday, the accused stabbed the victim to death and fled the scene, the official said. Tapre was subsequently arrested and a case of murder has been registered against him, he added.