A 25-year-old BPO worker, Shubhada Kodare, was brutally murdered by her colleague Krishna Kanojia in Pune. Kanojia attacked her with a cleaver over a financial dispute, claiming she had borrowed and refused to return Rs 4 lakh. Despite numerous witnesses, no one intervened until after the attack. Kanojia has been arrested, and the investigation is ongoing.
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