Cops book 6 arrested for third murder

The Borivali police on Thursday registered a third murder case against six persons arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a builder,Nitin Dhakan,earlier this month.

The Borivali police on Thursday registered a third murder case against six persons arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a builder,Nitin Dhakan,earlier this month. The third case was registered after the Virar police confirmed that they found the body of an autorickshaw driver in 2008 from the same spot pointed out by the accused.

On Wednesday,the police had said the main accused in the Dhakan murder,Gopal Pandey,told them about a third victim who they had allegedly kidnapped and burnt his body in Virar in 2008. Borivali police said in 2008,Pandey had a spat Vijay Dubey,30,an autorickshaw driver. He had allegedly abducted and killed him with the help of two others.

On Wednesday,a police team from Borivali left for Jawahar Nagar Taluka near Virar to confirm the murder. In 2008,police had taken photographs of a body,which was identified by Dubeys younger brother Sanjay. A case of murder was then registered against unidentified persons, said inspector Mahesh More.

Pandey along with Brajesh Mishra,33,Abhijit Bhosale,24,Birbal Singh,37,Haroon Sheikh,35,and Sachin Chorge,28,were arrested by the Crime Branch for kidnapping Dhakan after a land deal they were involved in fell through. The Crime Branch had handed over the accused to the Borivali police for further investigations.

Dubeys brother Sanjay said,For the past four years,I suspected that Pandey was behind my brothers murder but there was no proof against him.

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