Cops crack robbery case while probing murder

The Sahar police of Andheri (east) solved a two-year-old robbery case while investigating a year-old murder case. According to police sources, an elderly woman was stabbed 13 times in her house in April last year. One of those detained in the case in April revealed during the interrogation that he had, in 2014, robbed a businessman.

On Friday, the police arrested three other accused in the robbery case and also seized the car that was used in the crime. The main accused in the case has been identified as 21-year-old Santosh Bala Jadhav. According to the police, Jadhav is a repeat offender and has revealed details of other crimes that he had committed. The police is in the process of identifying and verifying the crimes now.

Jadhav disclosed that on December 6, 2014, he along with four of his friends had snatched a bag containing Rs 1,08,000 from a businessman in Sahar who was returning home from his office with the money around 2.20 am. He had been keeping an eye on the businessman’s movements and robbed him at knifepoint. Another accused in the case is still at large and the hunt for him is underway, said police sources .

The original case that led to cracking of the robbery case occurred on April 22, 2015, where a 70-year-old Sanmukhtai Ramaiya Tewal was found dead in a chawl in Sahar area. She was stabbed 13 times. Tewal used to sell country-made liquor. To solve this case, the police had interrogated 175 people and fingerprints of 97 were checked, but the case remained unsolved. Later on April 16 , officials learnt from their source that a 17-year-old under the influence of alcohol was explaining to people at a bar how Jadhav and he had killed Tewal for money and alcohol. After receiving the tip off, officials nabbed the minor who led them to Jadhav.