Navi Mumbai: A 24-year-old man has been arrested by the local crime branch (LCB) team of Raigad police for the murder of his 75-year-old woman neighbour, a resident of Tal village in Mangaon taluka. The victim woman identified as Lilavati Rajaram Balkawad was allegedly strangled in her ancestral house when she had gone for cultivation on Nov 29.Mansingh Patil, senior inspector of LCB said, “During the probe using technical expertise, the suspected neighbour Abhijit Ambawale was zeroed-in. After detaining him for inquiry, he confessed that he killed Balkawad for robbing her gold ornaments and mobile as he was under severe debt and he had to repay the personal loan he had taken from his relatives and friends. He had to repay Rs 13,000 that he had taken using an online instant loan app and the loan recovery agents were demanding repayment. The accused Ambawale has been booked under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for punishment for murder, robbery committed with an attempt to cause death.The accused has been remanded to police custody till Dec 5.”
