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A 19-year-old lady who had been lacking for the final 34 days was discovered murdered in Kharghar space of Navi Mumbai, with the prima facie probe revealing she was killed by her jilted lover who dedicated suicide by leaping in entrance of an area prepare, the police have stated.

The person had left behind a “code” in a suicide observe that was retrieved from his cell phone. After toiling for days, investigators decoded it, which was the variety of a tree marked by forest officers. The code helped the cops hint the girl’s physique, he stated on Wednesday.

The girl was allegedly strangled to loss of life in Kharghar hills by the accused who was indignant over her snapping ties with him, an official stated.

The girl left for her school in Sion on December 12 and by no means returned, following which a lacking individual case was registered at Kalamboli police station.

Throughout the investigation, police acquired a message that one Vaibhav Burungale, a resident of Kalamnboli, had killed himself by leaping in entrance of a operating native prepare at Juinagar railway station on December 12, following which a case was registered, the official stated.

In the meantime, Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Milind Bharambe arrange a particular process drive to analyze the case.

Police discovered a suicide observe saved within the cell phone of Burungale stating that he had murdered the girl and was going to commit suicide, the official stated.

The official stated code phrases similar to ‘L01-501′ have been used within the suicide observe which was decoded by the police to crack the case. The code was the variety of a tree, marked by the Forest Division, the place Burungale dumped the physique of the girl.

“The investigation revealed that the girl and Burungale have been current in Kharghar Hills space on December 12. Police took the assistance of voluntary rescuers from Lonavala and collaborated with the Hearth Brigade, Cidco, and Forest Division to look the girl’s physique. Drones have been additionally used,” police stated in a launch.

The breakthrough got here when the girl’s physique was noticed mendacity in bushes in a dumping floor within the Owe camp space in Kharghar, it stated.

The physique was recognized based mostly on the gown the girl was sporting when she had left for faculty, the wristwatch, and the ID card.

Additional investigation is underway, police stated. 

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