SURAT: A bar dancer and small-time model from Mumbai was brutally murdered by her boyfriend at his farm in Timba village near Kamrej on the outskirts Surat city on Tuesday. The victim,
Jyoti Surjeet Singh alias
Nisha Jyoti, was a native of
Bathinda in Punjab.
Police immediately arrested accused
Pritesh Patel (30), a resident of Timba, from his house. Patel had developed relationship with Jyoti, as he frequently visited dance bars in Mumbai.
She had come to Timba to meet him in the last week of December and they even celebrated his birthday on December 27. Police said that on December 28, both went to Mumbai to celebrate the New Year and returned to Timba on Monday.
Patel had gone to his own farm in Timba with Jyoti on Tuesday morning. Jyoti's driver
Sandeep Singh and his wife were also with her. After taking Jyoti in farm, Patel chopped off her head and escaped. Sandeep and his wife fled from the spot fearing that Patel would attack them too and later approached police. During interrogation, Patel told the police that he suspecting her of having a relationship with another man.
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