A month after Ratanben Jain, 70, was discovered murdered at her home in Bhandup, the Mumbai police had been nonetheless with none leads. Jain, who had lived alone since 1993, was discovered along with her throat slit on April 15, 2021, and jewelry price Rs 3.5 lakh was lacking from her home.
Regardless of questioning everybody she interacted with, the police couldn’t discover a breakthrough. The dearth of CCTV cameras within the space added to their issues.
The police knew Jain would usually lend cash to individuals and promote khakra, which meant she interacted with many group members. She additionally collected hire on behalf of her good friend who owned homes in Bhandup. Throughout their investigation, the police questioned practically 250 households, 30 family members, and others, and likewise introduced a money reward of Rs 51,000 for any info.
After the native police couldn’t make any progress for 2 weeks, a particular workforce of officers beneath the zonal deputy commissioner of police was fashioned. Nevertheless, the workforce, too, was on the finish of the rope within the probe. They began questioning all these whose statements had been taken earlier.
In the meantime, a First Info Report (FIR) filed towards a person the police had been beforehand questioned in reference to a dishonest case and launched led them to revisit that case. This finally helped them remedy the ‘blind case’ — a time period used to explain instances with no leads — of Jain’s homicide.
Throughout this time, they discovered Imran Munne Malik, 24, who earlier labored in a salon in the identical space, had gone to his native place. When the police checked his background, they discovered an FIR had been registered towards him by a girl who had alleged he had cheated her of Rs 8 lakh.
Suspecting one thing amiss, the police summoned Deepali Raut, the girl who lodged the grievance towards Malik. Raut informed them that Malik had borrowed Rs 8 lakh and he or she had been pursuing him to return the cash. A police workforce then tracked Malik and questioned him once more.
Following extended interrogation, he allegedly confessed to killing Jain, stating that he felt pressured by Raut, with whom he was in a relationship, to repay the cash. He additionally talked about that he had misplaced his job on the salon as a result of pandemic.
The police mentioned Malik additionally paid hire to Jain knew she stored cash at residence. The police additionally discovered Raut, too, was conscious of the cash and arrested them each for the homicide.
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