Goa man held for killing ex-girlfriend for breaking up with him

Panaji: Goa Police have arrested a man for allegedly stabbing his former girlfriend to death for breaking up with him, officials said on Saturday.

The accused, identified as 22-year-old Prakash Chunchwad (aka Fakir), killed his girlfriend Kamakshi Shankar Uddapnov (30) on August 29 at Porvorim in North Goa and dumped her body at Amboli Ghat in neighbouring Maharashtra, around 80 km from the crime spot.

"He dumped the body with his friend's help. After he confessed to the crime, we took him to the spot and recovered the body (on Friday)," police said.

“The friend of the accused person Nirupadi Shraranappa Kadakal (21) has also been arrested,” Superintendent of Police Nidhin Valsan said.

It has been learnt that before the murder, Chunchwad had a fight with the woman following which a non-cognisable offence was registered against him at Mapusa police station. Later, he went to her flat in Porvorim and allegedly committed the crime, police said.

The incident came to light after victim’s family lodged a complaint at Porvorim police station after noticing blood stains on the flat premises.

“The motive of the crime is that the deceased lady was in a relationship with the accused person and that she had recently broken her relationship with him and because of this the accused person committed this gruesome act,” police added.

Porvorim Police have also attached the car used for transporting the body.

With inputs from IANS