Now,police scan dead model’s diary

Sources in the police said Babajee’s diary contained a few lines that may have been written by Palande. They,however,could not explain why something Palande wrote was found in Babajee’s diary. The police will now compare Palande’s handwriting with the contents of Babajee’s dairy. DCP (Zone 9) Pratap Dighavkar said the diary and other evidence gathered during the investigations of the suicide will be re-examined.

“We will study the case papers again and go through the evidence,and if we find any fresh link with Vora we will re-open the case after legal advice,” said Vishwas Nangre Patil,Additional Commissioner of Police (West).

The police decided to re-examine the Babajee case papers following reports that she killed herself after she learnt about Vora’s alleged relationship with Sood. According to the police,Sood married Palande in 1998 and was allegedly used by him to lure targets.

On Wednesday,a report on the departmental inquiry on police lapses during Palande’s escape from custody was submitted by ACP Arvind Mahabadi to senior officers in the Crime Branch. “We have just received the report. After going through the findings,we will take appropriate action,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Deven Bharti.

Sources,however,revealed that the report had indicted police inspector Sanjay Shinde,a close relative of Palande,for his alleged role in helping him.

Two weeks after Palande’s arrest,the Crime Branch on Wednesday told a metropolitan magistrate court that he had been arrested for the Kakad murder case. Palande,along with other accused Manoj Gajkosh and Dhananjay Shinde,were remanded in judicial custody in the Tikku murder case after the police exhausted the 14-day maximum custody period. The court remanded the three accused in judicial custody in the Tikku case till May 9.

The prosecution told the court that the accused would be produced before it on Thursday to seek their police custody in the Kakad case.