Thane, March 20: A 34-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her live-in partner following an argument in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Monday. The police have arrested the 35-year-old accused from Wagle Estate area for the killing that took place late on Sunday night, an official said.

The victim, Sunita Amar Kamble, was found lying in a pool of blood in a house in Kisan Nagar around 1 am, senior inspector Kirankumar Kabadi of Srinagar police station said. Live-In Relationship Does Not Give One License To Post Objectionable Messages and Pictures of Live-In Partner, Says Allahabad High Court.

The victim had separated from her husband and was living with the accused. The couple used to quarrel over petty issues, the official said. Gujarat Shocker: Surat Man Ends Life After Live-In Partner, Her Brother ‘Feed Him Beef’; Accused Arrested.

After one such argument on Sunday night, the accused attacked the woman with a sickle and killed her on the spot, he said. He then attempted to destroy the evidence by throwing away the sickle and the victim's mobile phone, the official said.

A case under section 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the arrested accused, he added.