the police stated that she opposed the person’s sexual advances. (Representational)
Greater than a yr after a girl’s physique was recovered from a creek within the Thane district of Maharashtra, police have discovered that she was pushed to loss of life from a bridge by her lover for resisting his sexual advances, officers stated on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old sufferer was recognized as Mansi Bhoir, whose sudden disappearance in November final yr remained unsolved for months. However the case was lastly cracked and the police have now arrested two accomplices of the principle accused, who’s already in jail in a separate case, they stated.
“The case began after the relations of a girl filed her lacking individual’s report. Later, a girl’s physique was discovered within the Kalwa creek in Thane, following which an unintentional loss of life report (ADR) was filed and an investigation was launched. Nonetheless, the probe failed to maneuver ahead because the identification of the useless girl couldn’t be established. There was no progress within the case as there have been no leads,” senior inspector Gorkhnath Garge stated.
Whereas investigating one other girl’s homicide case, the Thane police’s property cell officers got here to know in regards to the lacking girl, whose identification was then established primarily based on a tattoo and different options. The physique was recognized to be that of Mansi Bhoir, whose sister performed a key function in confirming her identification, he stated.
“Following this, the investigators started analyzing the lady’s name element data (CDR), which led them to a key suspect, recognized as Adil Sheikh. The probe revealed that the person was steadily in contact with Mansi earlier than her disappearance,” he added.
It later got here to gentle that Sheikh was within the neighborhood of the Kalwa creek on the night time of November 4, when Bhoir’s physique was discovered there. As per the final communication between them, the sufferer had agreed to fulfill Sheikh close to the Majiwada-Kalwa bridge that night time, Garge stated.
Describing the sequence of occasions, the police stated that when Mansi opposed Sheikh’s sexual advances throughout their assembly, he obtained indignant and pushed her off the bridge. Nonetheless, she obtained caught on a pillar and fell unconscious, he stated.
Sheikh then referred to as his two associates – Mehboob Makdum Ali Sheikh (28) and Roopesh Shivkumar Yadav alias Sonu (23), a rickshaw driver by career – and requested them to come back to the spot to assist him. The trio then pushed Mansi to loss of life from the pillar. She drowned and was swept away by the currents. Her physique was found some kilometres away, the police stated.
The police have now taken Mehboob Sheikh and Yadav into their custody, whereas the principle accused, Adil Sheikh, is already behind bars in a special case of tried homicide registered on the Rabodi police station, they stated, including that he has a previous legal document with a number of legal circumstances towards him.
A case was registered on Sunday towards the three accused beneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (homicide), 201 (destruction of proof) and 34 (frequent intention), he stated.