Mumbai, Sept 10: The body of an HDFC vice-president who had been missing for five days was found in Mumbai’s Kalyan on Monday morning, a day after a suspect in the case allegedly confessed to killing the banker.
Siddharth Sanghavi, a resident of upscale Malabar Hill area in South Mumbai, was last seen on September 5 when he left for work around 8.30am. He, however, did not return home, following which his wife approached the NM Joshi Marg Police Station in Central Mumbai.
Sanghavi's car, a blue-coloured Maruti Ignis, was found by the police near Sector 11 in Airoli, Navi Mumbai, on Thursday. A police officer said blood stains and a knife were found on the rear seat of the car.
Investigators have also examined the CCTV footage of Kamala Mills compound, where he used to work, and have found that the executive left the bank around 7.30pm. However, his car could not be located leaving the premises. The last mobile tower location of Sanghavi's phone was traced in Kamala Mills around 7pm, after which his phone was switched off.
On Sunday, one person was detained from Kopar Khairane by Navi Mumbai police and later handed over to Mumbai Police after the suspect allegedly confessed to killing a person. Based on the information revealed by the suspect, three more people were detained.
According to sources, the suspect, a 20-year-old man, worked as a driver with a cab aggregator. He told the police that he killed a man and that someone had hired him to do so.
According to sources, the suspect allegedly attacked Siddharth in the parking lot of Kamala Mills, where his car was parked. Blood stains were found at the spot where Siddharth's car was parked and were also found on the rear seat.
The suspect allegedly told the police that he dumped the body in Haji Malang area of Kalyan before leaving the car at Airoli.
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New Delhi (PTI): The 17-year-old girl who was stabbed multiple times in full public view at a bus stop in Delhi Cantonment is out of danger now, an official said on Tuesday.
The police will now try to record the statement of the victim, who has been shifted out of the ICU, a senior officer said.
"We recorded her statement (earlier), but she was not conscious for a long time. We are waiting for her to recuperate. Once she is in the condition to talk properly, we will record her detailed statement," the officer said.
The girl was stabbed multiple times with a kitchen knife late Sunday evening by a 20-year-old man, Amit, after she refused his marriage proposal earlier that day.
Police said that they had been friends since last year; however, the girl recently stopped talking to him.
The accused later injured himself with the same knife when the severely injured girl shouted for help, said the sources.
"The accused is still in critical condition and we are yet to record his statement. Once he is out of danger, we will question him," he added.
The matter was reported to police around 9.30 pm on Sunday by a passerby, who also tried to send the girl to a hospital, police said.
The girl had sustained serious injuries to her neck and the left side of her abdomen.
A video of the incident is also circulating online.
A case under section 109(1) of the BNS has been registered against the accused at Delhi Cantt police station.