Ghaziabad man kills tenant for money, chops body into pieces, dumps in various parts, held
Ghaziabad (UP), Dec 15: Police have arrested a man and his accomplice two months after he strangled his tenant, chopped his body into pieces and disposed them off at different places, police said here on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Umesh Sharma and Pravesh, they said, adding a saw used in commission of crime and bloodstained clothes among other things have been recovered.
Ankit Khokar, a native of Baghpat, was living in a rented house in Radha Enclave colony and had close friendship with his landlord Sharma.
Khokar, a PhD scholar at Lucknow's Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, had recently sold his agricultural land in Baghpat's Mukundpur village for around Rs one crore and loaned Rs 40 Lakhs to Sharma from this amount for business purpose, Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Iraj Raja said.
Sharma, with an intention to get the rest of the money, hatched a plan to kill Khokar, he said.
On October 5, he strangled Khokar and severed his body in three parts using a saw, which he had purchased before carrying out the murder, the DCP said.
He later stuffed the body parts in polythene bags and threw them in the Ganga canal near Khatauli, Masuri and at Eastern Peripheral Expressway, he said.
Sharma then started withdrawing money using Kokar's debit card and kept using his mobile phone to hide the murder, the DCP said.
When Khokar's cousin Sanjiv could not reach him, he visited his rented accommodation and discovered that he is missing for the last two months, he said.
Following this, Sanjiv filed a missing report at Modinagar police station on December 12.
After investigation, police detained Sharma for interrogation during which he confessed to killing Khokar. He was arrested along with Pravesh, the DCP said, adding further investigation is underway.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
