MUMBAI: A Day After Mithu Singh, Main Accused In The Murder Of Bandstand In 2021 Swadichcha Sane from Palghar, admitted to killing her and dragging her body two nautical miles into the sea by putting on a life jacket to dispose of the body, the city crime branch with the help of Indian Navy and private divers launched a hunt to find it.
Meanwhile, police said Singh had given a vague answer as to the motive behind the killing but they suspect sexual assault may be the only reason. Police suspect Sane went to Singh’s China stall, ate and took selfies with him and then went out to sea. Singh told the police that he went behind her thinking she was likely to commit suicide so he advised her and left. But in another CCTV footage, Singh is seen once again returning to the rocky beach near the sea with a life jacket.
Ten expert divers from the Indian Navy, ONGC as well as private divers were seen searching the waters opposite the Taj Land Ends 2 nautical miles away on Friday. Divers dive deep underwater for nearly two hours in the morning and evening at low tide. Police said they began the search after bringing Singh in to determine the location on Thursday.
On Friday, police collected evidence from Singh’s home, including an electric stove, printer and life jacket.
During questioning, Singh told police that in 2016 three people drowned on the spot and only two bodies were recovered due to “swamp land in the water”. Police said Singh grew up in the adjacent Ganesh Nagar slum, knew the sea very well and was a good swimmer. He told police that after killing Sane on the rock, he prepared a life jacket to put on her and towed it two nautical miles toward the marshy land where he dumped the body.
“He also said that he has been coming back regularly these days to check to see if the body is gone, but he can’t find it. Gradually, he calmed down and was reassured that no one would find the body, so he was very confident in the results of drug analysis,” a police official said.
However, three to four witnesses saw him after 3 a.m. on the spot. To this day, Singh insists that after Sane asked him to leave and said her friend would come, which was around 2:30 am, he returned home. But witnesses saw him with a life jacket, police said. Besides, when one of the witnesses found Sane’s ID card, Singh asked his sister-in-law to get it for her. During interrogation, Singh said he tore the ID card because it belonged to someone else and not Sane’s.
When the crime department grilled him, he failed to explain why he returned with his life jacket toward the sea.
Singh’s assistant, Jabbar Ansari’s role is also unclear as he is not part of the crime. However, the police suspect that he knew that Singh killed and dumped Sane’s body but he misled the police.
Police will take Singh and Ansari to court on Saturday to ask for their further detention. Police said they have added sections in the Indian Penal Code for murder and destruction of evidence in the case.
On November 29, 2021, Sane left home at 5:30 a.m. but did not go to university. Her friend, Sadaf, called her family and asked about her whereabouts. Sadaf also knows that Sane is not seen in the girl’s dorm. Her family immediately launched a search for her and her brother Sanskrit filed a disappearance complaint with Boisar police station. The crime branch conducted an investigation from every possible angle, including technical aspects such as WhatsApp messages, call logs, Instagram, Telegram and her email account, but found nothing. suspect.
During the technical research of her call details, her last location was found to be in Bandstand, Bandra. As her final location was under Bandstand’s jurisdiction, Bandra police took over the investigations and added sections 363 and 364 of the IPC on kidnapping and kidnapping for ransom in the case.
Meanwhile, police said Singh had given a vague answer as to the motive behind the killing but they suspect sexual assault may be the only reason. Police suspect Sane went to Singh’s China stall, ate and took selfies with him and then went out to sea. Singh told the police that he went behind her thinking she was likely to commit suicide so he advised her and left. But in another CCTV footage, Singh is seen once again returning to the rocky beach near the sea with a life jacket.
Ten expert divers from the Indian Navy, ONGC as well as private divers were seen searching the waters opposite the Taj Land Ends 2 nautical miles away on Friday. Divers dive deep underwater for nearly two hours in the morning and evening at low tide. Police said they began the search after bringing Singh in to determine the location on Thursday.
On Friday, police collected evidence from Singh’s home, including an electric stove, printer and life jacket.
During questioning, Singh told police that in 2016 three people drowned on the spot and only two bodies were recovered due to “swamp land in the water”. Police said Singh grew up in the adjacent Ganesh Nagar slum, knew the sea very well and was a good swimmer. He told police that after killing Sane on the rock, he prepared a life jacket to put on her and towed it two nautical miles toward the marshy land where he dumped the body.
“He also said that he has been coming back regularly these days to check to see if the body is gone, but he can’t find it. Gradually, he calmed down and was reassured that no one would find the body, so he was very confident in the results of drug analysis,” a police official said.
However, three to four witnesses saw him after 3 a.m. on the spot. To this day, Singh insists that after Sane asked him to leave and said her friend would come, which was around 2:30 am, he returned home. But witnesses saw him with a life jacket, police said. Besides, when one of the witnesses found Sane’s ID card, Singh asked his sister-in-law to get it for her. During interrogation, Singh said he tore the ID card because it belonged to someone else and not Sane’s.
When the crime department grilled him, he failed to explain why he returned with his life jacket toward the sea.
Singh’s assistant, Jabbar Ansari’s role is also unclear as he is not part of the crime. However, the police suspect that he knew that Singh killed and dumped Sane’s body but he misled the police.
Police will take Singh and Ansari to court on Saturday to ask for their further detention. Police said they have added sections in the Indian Penal Code for murder and destruction of evidence in the case.
On November 29, 2021, Sane left home at 5:30 a.m. but did not go to university. Her friend, Sadaf, called her family and asked about her whereabouts. Sadaf also knows that Sane is not seen in the girl’s dorm. Her family immediately launched a search for her and her brother Sanskrit filed a disappearance complaint with Boisar police station. The crime branch conducted an investigation from every possible angle, including technical aspects such as WhatsApp messages, call logs, Instagram, Telegram and her email account, but found nothing. suspect.
During the technical research of her call details, her last location was found to be in Bandstand, Bandra. As her final location was under Bandstand’s jurisdiction, Bandra police took over the investigations and added sections 363 and 364 of the IPC on kidnapping and kidnapping for ransom in the case.
