Woman killed by father in Jalgaon was three months pregnant: family

Retired CRPF man had forced her daughter to undergo first abortion

- Shrinivas Deshpande

PUNE: Investigation into the killing of a 24-year-old woman, Tripti Wagh, by her father, Kiran Mangle, in Jalgaon district has revealed that she was three months pregnant at the time of her death. This was her second pregnancy; during the first, her father had allegedly forced her to undergo an abortion.

At 10 pm on Saturday, Kiran, a retired Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) police sub-inspector, walked uninvited into the haldi ceremony of Sanskriti Wagh, sister of Avinash, along with his son Nikhil and allegedly fired a first round at Tripti and two rounds at her 28-year-old husband, Avinash, with his own revolver. While Tripti died on the spot, Avinash suffered injuries.

"Based on Avinash's mother Priyanka Wagh's complaint, police have registered an FIR against Kiran and Nikhil," said Kavita Nerkar, additional superintendent of Jalgaon police.

"We have not arrested Nikhil yet, given his father's condition," said Madhukar Salve, police inspector at Chopda city police station.