Main accused absconding, three accomplices detained
The officers investigating the murders of four men whose bodies were found nearly four kilometres inside the periphery of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park off Malad’s Kurar village believe that main accused Uday Pathak, a local toughie and history-sheeter, had planned the murders before kidnapping the victims on Saturday night following a bar brawl. While Pathak and his family are absconding, three of his alleged aides were detained by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch on Tuesday.
On Monday, the mutilated, naked bodies of Chetan Dhule, Dinesh Ahire, Ganesh Karanje and Bharat Kudle, all in their twenties, were found with their throats slit, partially burnt and bearing head injuries. According to police sources, Pathak singlehandedly killed the four after his men assaulted them.
Officers said Pathak wanted investigators to believe that he was elsewhere when the murders took place. Early on Sunday, even after the victims’ families had attempted to register a case of kidnapping, Pathak had reportedly arrived at the Kurar police station along with a girl. “At 1.30 am on Sunday, a girl came to the police station and registered a non-cognisable offence against Pathak claiming he had eveteased her. The officers asked Pathak to pay Rs 1,200 as fine and allowed him to go,” said senior police inspector Dhanaji Nalavade.
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