Nagpur Hotel Owner Arrested for Killing Woman Who Blackmailed Him

Nagpur: The Nagpur police have arrested a 57-year-old hotel owner for allegedly killing a 25-year-old woman with whom he had a relationship, an official reported on Wednesday.

As per the official, the woman resident from Nagpur allegedly blackmailed the accused Mahesh Keshavrao Wadaskar for money. Wadaskar, also from Nagpur, has a hotel at Ramtek town, about 50 km from Nagpur.

The woman went missing on August 16 after she travelled to Ramtek to meet Wadaskar at his hotel. Her sister then approached the Mankapur police in Nagpur.

Wadaskar and the woman had worked together in a dairy some years ago and recently reconnected through Facebook. However, she had allegedly been demanding money from him after he made her undergo an abortion last year, the official said.

Police arrested Wadaskar after gathering various inputs, including the woman’s last phone location, which was near the hotel in Ramtek.

When they took him to the hotel to collect the CCTV footage, Wadaskar allegedly drank poison. He recovered after being rushed to a hospital. The accused later admitted to killing the woman and burying her body.

The woman’s body will be exhumed for autopsy, the official added. 

(With PTI inputs)