6 held for kidnap-murder confess to killing 2 more

In a case with striking similarities to the Vijay Palande-led murders,six men arrested for the kidnap-murder of builder Nitin Dhakan earlier in June have confessed to a third murder of an autorickshaw driver in 2008,days after they revealed they had also killed a loan agent in 2010. Police said the men had burnt the victims bodies in all three cases.

In a case with striking similarities to the Vijay Palande-led murders,six men arrested for the kidnap-murder of builder Nitin Dhakan earlier in June have confessed to a third murder of an autorickshaw driver in 2008,days after they revealed they had also killed a loan agent in 2010. Police said the men had burnt the victims bodies in all three cases.

The Crime Branch had arrested the six men Gopal Pandey,45,Brajesh Mishra,33,Abhijit Bhosale,24,Birbal Singh,37,Haroon Sheikh,35,and Sachin Chorge,28 for kidnapping Dhakan after a land deal they were involved in fell through,beating him to death and burning the body in a forest near Kelve Road,Virar. The crime branch had handed them over to the Borivali police for further investigation.

Police officers said Pandey had,on Wednesday,told them about a third victim Vijay Dubey whom they had kidnapped and killed in 2008. The body of the 30-year-old victim,an autorickshaw driver and Pandeys friend with whom he had a spat,was also burnt in Virar.

Pandey had,three days ago,reportedly confessed to killing a loan agent Sanjay Ramchandra Chouhan on March 11,2010,following a financial dispute. His associates had locked Chouhan in a room and beat him to death. The body was burnt in a forest near Virar and remains thrown in a river.

Pandey has confessed but we are yet to confirm the murder. We will not be able to carry out further investigations until we find the remains of the body, inspector Mahesh More of Borivali police said.

On Wednesday,the police took Pandey to the Virar forest to ascertain his claims. They also carried out a search at a spot pointed out by him.

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