As the killing sent shock-waves among the IT employees, police formed multiple teams to nab the assailant and launched probe from various angle amid suspicion that the attacker had been following the victim, Antara Das.
Das, hailing from Bengal and working with an IT major here, was attacked by the man with a sharp-edged weapon near Kanbay Chowk in Talawade, on Friday night barely 500 metres from her workplace on the outskirts of the city, while she was walking down from the office.
"We are focusing on whether the incident could be the fallout of an affair or one-side affair. Teams have been dispatched to Bengaluru for further investigations," said SP Pune (rural) Jai Jadhav.
Another officer from local crime branch, said, "The angle of robbery has, however, been ruled as valuables with the woman were found to be intact."
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Talking to PTI, one of the eye-witnesses, Satyendra Sinha, who rushed Das to a nearby hospital with the help of some passerby, said, "While riding the bike near Kanbay chowk, I saw a couple having an argument and suddenly saw that the girl collapsed on the pavement."
"I then with a help of a car driver, rushed her to the nearby private hospital, where she was declared dead later," Sinha, who works with a private firm, said.
According to police, IT firm Capegemini, where Das
was working, stated in their statement that she had left the office at around 8 PM on Friday.
As per the company policy, if any employee is not availing the transport facility of the company and going on his or her own, they have to mention in one of the registers about the mode of travel they were taking, the official said.
Meanwhile, parents of Das who came from Kolkata to Pune on Saturday night performed her last rites here in the city.
An official statement by the spokesperson of Capegemini, said, "We are shocked and saddened to learn about the tragic death of our employee. We stand with the family in this hour of loss and are extending all possible support to the investigation authorities.