Chrisann Pereira case: Drug accused planned revenge after watching video on narcotics laws in Islamic nations

According to Mumbai Police Crime Branch sources, Paul had tried to frame three other persons in a similar manner since January.

In all the cases, Paul reportedly sought to extract revenge for various reasons – a break-up, jealousy, work-related issues, and fight over Covid restrictions.

Police said that he started doing research and zeroed in on Sharjah as tickets were cheaper compared to other countries that had stringent laws. He then drew up a list of people he wanted to get back at and did research on the background of each and the way they could be trapped, police said.

An officer linked to the probe said, “When we asked why he started taking revenge from this year when he fought with these people earlier, he said that he came across a YouTube video about stringent punishment for those caught with drugs in Islamic countries last year. He then conducted research online and found that if he could get these people caught in these countries, they would be in for the long haul.”

The officer added, “We suspect that since Sharjah was cheaper he chose it since he was footing the bill for the tickets while sending these people to Sharjah. He also gave them return tickets, but there were forged tickets.” The police said that he then started researching all the people he wanted to get back at and studied their family members and their occupations.

Once he zeroed in on a particular person, he spent days researching the person’s profile and possible jobs that they could be lured with. The officer said that so far it appears that even Borate was not aware about the complete scale of the plan. “He was just told that they would make money off the enterprise and he would be able to return a loan he had taken from Borate,” the officer added.

Police said Paul was co-operative during the interrogation so far. The police said that they are currently probing who supplied the narcotics that were used by Paul to hide in mementos and trophies that he asked victims to carry.