Police informer stabbed to death,three held

A small-time businessman who was also a trusted police informer was stabbed to death by a group of assailants in the wee hours of Friday morning. The police arrested three accused from Nagpada on Friday evening.

According to the J J Marg police,the deceased identified as Mohamed Irfan Maqbool Hasan Khan (38) alias Chindi was heading towards to his house on Maulana Azad Road,Nagpada with his driver and a servant. “Khan had returned from Pune and he used to like visiting dargahs early in the morning. He went to the Mahim and Marine Lines dargah and was returning home at around 4.30 on Friday morning. He had told his driver to park at the Surti Mohalla. He was going back home when the attack happened,” said senior police inspector A R Baig of the J J Marg police station.  “When Khan alighted,six to eight men surrounded him. They repeatedly stabbed him with a chopper and left him bleeding at the spot. His driver and servant had notified us and we reached the spot and rushed Khan to the JJ Hospital. He was pronounced dead on arrival,” added Baig

According to the police,Khan was a police informer and had tipped off the Crime Branch many times. The police arrested three Nagpada residents on Friday evening who were allegedly Khan’s former rivals. “We arrested Irfan Yusuf Mushtaq Khan (25),Irfan Abdul Sheikh (33) and Sheikh Suleiman Mohinuddin alias Papa (32) from Nagpada. The investigation has revealed that the accused had committed the crime as they had nursed a grudge against Khan ever since he had tipped off the police about them. As Khan was a budding builder we also suspect that a property dispute may have led to his murder,” said Baig.