PUNE: A 25-year-old BPO worker, Shubhada Kodare, was hacked to death with a cleaver by a colleague in the parking lot of her office, while two dozen people remained mute spectators.
Shubhada was attacked by 27-year-old Krishna Satyanarayan Kanojia on Tuesday, allegedly because she refused to return money borrowed from him on false pretext. She succumbed to injuries late Tuesday at a private hospital. Kanojia was arrested and investigation is on.
A grainy minute-long video of the attack surfaced online Thursday, which showed the attacker calmly walking about with the cleaver before Shubhada slumped to the ground and a pool of blood formed around her. While 20-odd people witnessed the scene unfold on premises of the BPO where both the accused and the victim worked, none moved to stop the attacker. Some grabbed the assailant only after he tossed away the cleaver.
Additional commissioner of police Manoj Patil said probe revealed that both Shubhada and Kanojia were working as executives in the accounts department of the BPO at Ramwadi in Yerawada. About a year ago, Shubhada, of Karad in Satara, told Kanojia that she needed money to support treatment of her father. He lent her money several times adding up to Rs 4 lakh.
A few months ago, she informed Kanojia that her father would be operated upon. After a few days, Kanojia, as a good gesture, visited her father. He was shocked to learn that her father did not have any health issues.
After this, Kanojia demanded his money back, but she picked arguments and lodged a non-cognisable offence against him three months ago, Patil said. He kept pursuing her to get his money back, but she avoided him and did not answer his calls.
“Enraged, Kanojia came prepared and attacked her,” he said.