Girl alleging ‘kidnap’ might be lying: police

According to Surve,she had managed to untie herself and flee from the place to escape from the kidnappers. “She claimed to have heard them talking that they wanted to kill her as their friend,Bobby alias Sujit Gosavi,had been jailed for the murder of Surve’s brother a year ago in Virar. Based on her complaint,we had registered a case of kidnapping and started enquiries to trace the identities and whereabouts of the accused,” Sankhe said.

However,a few days after the enquiries started,the police got some reasons to believe that the girl might be lying to make the case against Bobby stronger.

“Primarily,her allegation that she was picked up by the men from Prabhadevi on Sunday afternoon seems fishy for the simple reason that the place is crowded during that time. Also,someone is bound to see the incident. When we enquired about the incident with shopkeepers in the area,they did not recall any such incident on Sunday. Moreover,Surve had also claimed that while dragging her into the car,the men had sprayed some chemicals on her face.

However,she was sent to KEM Hospital for medical tests. But the report said that no traces of any chemicals was found inside her. This again sounds very fishy and we have serious doubts about her statement,” said Sankhe.