Man stalks, stabs wife and her boss

Pradeep Keer stabbed his wife, Pooja Keer and her employer, Manjeet Singh Anand, who he suspected his wife of having an affair with, at a Vijaya Bank ATM located near the government polytechnic college at Ghodbunder road in Thane on Monday.

According to the police, Pooja, 34, and Pradeep, 52, had filed for divorce last year in the Bandra family court. Pradeep was fighting for the custody of their eight-year-old son. Pooja worked as an accountant in a company run by Anand, 42, in Andheri while Pradeep was a driver with a private firm. The police said that Pradeep suspected Pooja of having an affair with Anand and. Pooja separated from Pradeep and shifted to a rented flat in Andheri last year.

Pradeep, who is in custody, told the police that he had followed Pooja and Anand -- who were en route to Bhiwandi -- from Andheri. MMB