Maharashtra, July 22: In a shocking incident of a gruesome crime that took place in the city, a man cut his hand in a typical Bollywood movie type and then smeared his blood on his girlfriend's forehead signifying as sindoor before strangulating her and hanging himself from a guesthouse in Kalyan. Mumbai Man Sets Fire to Ex-Girlfriend's House in Andheri For Refusing to Patch Up Relationship

According to a Times of India report, the man had lied to his family that he was going to Varanasi and instead went to meet his girlfriend in Kalyan, with the only intention of killing her.  The duo reportedly checked in the hotel at 1:30 pm on Friday and did not leave the room. They just once asked for some drinking water in the evening. When the waiter knocked their door at night for dinner, there was no response, this made him suspicious. Police were informed and they barged open the door and found the couple to be dead.

The two met on Facebook about a year ago. The man was from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh and the woman was a resident of Ghatkopar in Mumbai. Last week, in a news from the city, a  man allegedly set his ex-girlfriend's house in Andheri on fire, after the latter refused to speak to him.

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