Pune:
Twenty-one-year-old Darshana Devidas Tongare, a trainee techie with IBM in Pune, who was murdered on Friday had complained to her parents about blank calls she had been receiving from an unidentified person since January.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone III) Dnyaneshwar Chavan said, "The Tongare family was aware of Darshana getting blank calls from an unknown person. Darshana had also expressed irritation about these frequent unwanted calls."
Chavan on Sunday had ruled out robbery as the motive behind the murder. He refused to divulge the identity of the unknown caller who had troubled Darshana.
"It will affect the investigations," he said.
DCP Chavan has also appealed to women facing this kind of harassment that they should immediately come forward and register a police complaint, which can act as a deterrent to
major crimes in the future.
Software engineer Niranjan Badde, who was passing by on a motorcycle when Darshana was stabbed and stopped to help when he heard her cries, had chased the assailant but could not see his face.
As a result, the police have not been able to prepare a sketch of the assailant.
Police Inspector Nandkishore Bhosale-Patil said, "We have got leads and investigations from all angles are going on, but no one has been arrested in this case yet."
Rumours of the murder suspect having surrendered to the Jalgaon police and confessed his involvement in Darshana's murder were doing the rounds on Sunday.
DCP Chavan scotched the rumours. "If there had been an arrest, the Jalgaon police would have surely shared the information with us," said Chavan.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone III) Dnyaneshwar Chavan said, "The Tongare family was aware of Darshana getting blank calls from an unknown person. Darshana had also expressed irritation about these frequent unwanted calls."
Chavan on Sunday had ruled out robbery as the motive behind the murder. He refused to divulge the identity of the unknown caller who had troubled Darshana.
"It will affect the investigations," he said.
DCP Chavan has also appealed to women facing this kind of harassment that they should immediately come forward and register a police complaint, which can act as a deterrent to
major crimes in the future.
Software engineer Niranjan Badde, who was passing by on a motorcycle when Darshana was stabbed and stopped to help when he heard her cries, had chased the assailant but could not see his face.
As a result, the police have not been able to prepare a sketch of the assailant.
Police Inspector Nandkishore Bhosale-Patil said, "We have got leads and investigations from all angles are going on, but no one has been arrested in this case yet."
Rumours of the murder suspect having surrendered to the Jalgaon police and confessed his involvement in Darshana's murder were doing the rounds on Sunday.
DCP Chavan scotched the rumours. "If there had been an arrest, the Jalgaon police would have surely shared the information with us," said Chavan.
