THANE: A 25-year-old autorickshaw driver has been arrested for the murder of a woman, who owned the vehicle, in Navi Mumbai, police said on Wednesday.
The police on Tuesday arrested Jayant Kolkhekar, a resident of Adai village in Panvel, for allegedly killing Reshma Sachin Garude, assistant commissioner of police (crime) Vinayak Vast said.
Garude (33) stepped out for a walk on the night of May 22 and when she didn't return home, her family lodged a missing person's complaint at Khandeshwar police station of Navi Mumbai the following day, the official said.
The victim was found dead on the terrace of an under-construction building, following which the police registered a case of murder, he said.
The arrested accused was operating the autorickshaw owned by the victim and there was a personal dispute between them, the official added.
