Man found dead in cardboard box in Pune killed over financial dispute: Police

An FIR in the matter was lodged based on a complaint by the deceased’s cousin Asif at the Hadapsar police station. Police arrested Mohammed Nijamuddin for allegedly murdering Imran following a financial dispute.

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Two days after the body of a youth was was found in a packed cardboard box near a canal in Hadapsar, Pune city police Sunday said that he was murdered following a financial dispute. Police identified the deceased as Imran Yamin Patil (24), resident of Undri chowk in Kondhwa.

Police have also arrested one Mohammed Nijamuddin (30), also a resident of Undri chowk, over the murder. On October 11, local residents found a cardboard box near the canal at Hingne Mala in Hadapsar. When a rag picker opened the box, it carried the body of a man. Soon, the police were informed.

Senior officers including Additional Commissioner of Police Manoj Patil, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) R Raja and a team from Hadapsar police station rushed to the spot. During the probe, police confirmed the body was of Imran Yamin Patil, who worked as a water filter mechanic.

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An FIR in the matter was lodged based on a complaint by the deceased’s cousin Asif at the Hadapsar police station. Police arrested Mohammed Nijamuddin for allegedly murdering Imran following a financial dispute.

Police said Imran had allegedly taken a Rs 1 lakh loan from Mohammed but he did not return it. This led to a quarrel between the duo. Police probe revealed that Mohammed got angry and he allegedly killed Imran by banging his head on a wall and strangling him on the intervening night of October 10 and October 11.

Police claimed that to destroy the evidence, the accused packed Imran’s body in a cardboard box, wrapped it with a plastic tape and dumped the box near the canal in Hingne Mala. Senior police inspector Santosh Pandhare is investigating the case. Police said accused Mohammed was also doing the work of fitting water filters.

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