nagpur tragedy struck sakhre family of bhankheda the second time in just over a month it had lost eldest son prateek 28 to illness just five weeks ago on sunday when the family was preparing for the ritual after completion of oneandquarter month of prateeks death the body of their second daughter 20yearold pallavi was found in community latrine for the womens strangled to death by her lover initial investigations revealed that pallavi was fourmonth pregnant she was allegedly coaxed into physical intimacy before being strangled inside the congested latrine sources from tehsil police station said that pallavi was smothered before she was throttled with her own kameez and her partially naked body left police have arrested pallavis paramour mohammed shamim alias shammi 25 a married man for the murder police have applied the charge of murder 302 of the indian penal code but are yet to decide on adding rape charge pallavi was first year student of arts stream in pws college shamim a carpenter was apparently having an amorous relationship with pallavi for last two years she had also undergone abortion once in the past sources claimed that pallavi was demanding some money from shamim to terminate her pregnancy and also wanted him to marry her she had threatened shamim who is married to rizwana parveen and has a ninemonthold daughter that she would go to his house on sunday police said that this led to an altercation between them resulting in violent end sources said that shamims wife rizwana already knew about the affair and was livid about it police said that shammi had called up on pallavis younger sister rinkus cellphone at 10 pm on saturday he wanted to speak to pallavi who was sitting outside the home my sister left home after the call said rinku adding that the family was busy preparing for sundays ritual when pallavi sneaked out of home without speaking to anyone family members were worried when she did not return in the night we were not sure what to do this had never happened before but we did not approach the police said pallavis distraught father yogeshwar pallavis mother shardabai who was sobbing uncontrollably works with the nagpur municipal corporation the family wanted to resume searching in the morning as relatives and others were expected at the residence for the rituals in the morning it was left shocked when a few women from the neighbourhood raised an alarm seeing body of pallavi inside the latrine