‘Murder’ of MBBS student: Court rejects accused lifeguard’s bail petition

It was also submitted that a day after her appearance, the police had detained Singh and subjected him to assault to get him to confess to the crime.

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Sadiccha Sane (R) with the accused. (Express File Photo)

A SESSIONS court on Friday rejected the bail application of a 32-year-old man booked for the alleged murder of MBBS student Sadiccha Sane in November 2021. Mithu Singh, who worked as a lifeguard, was arrested on January 13 this year on charges including murder, after Sane disappeared on November 29, 2021, but was alleged to have been last seen with him. Her body was not found.

Singh had filed for bail stating that there was no evidence to link him to Sane’s disappearance. He claimed that there was no motive shown or any witnesses cited to show that he had committed the murder. It was also submitted that a day after her appearance, the police had detained Singh and subjected him to assault to get him to confess to the crime. He had denied any involvement.

The police claimed that Singh was last seen with Sane in the intervening night of November 29, 2021 and November 30, 2021, and that photos were found on his phone clicked after 2 am with Sane in them. The police also claimed that in 2016, Singh knew that an 18-year-old had fallen in the sea from the Bandstand promenade while she was taking a photograph but her body was not found. It was alleged that Sane’s body was disposed of at the same spot by Singh.

Sane, a resident of Palghar, was on her way to write an exam on November 29, 2021. She alighted the Mumbai local train to Bandra station but went to Bandra reclamation instead of the exam. When she did not return home, her family filed a missing person complaint. Police said their investigation showed that Sane was last seen at reclamation in the company of Singh.

The police also claimed that Singh had made advances at Sane, and alleged that in a scuffle which followed, she suffered injuries to her head, whereupon later her body was disposed of. The police also arrested Abdul Jabbar Ansari, claiming that there were calls between him and Singh on the day of the incident. In October, the court had also rejected Ansari’s bail application.

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