Robbers who shot dead owner of Bharat Steel Yard and his cousin were acting on the instructions of an employee. He confessed to asking them to slap him to escape suspicion
Robbers who shot dead owner of Bharat Steel Yard and his cousin were acting on the instructions of an employee. He confessed to asking them to slap him to escape suspicion
Three weeks after two robbers shot dead the owner of Bharat Steel Yard and his cousin, it has been revealed that one of the two servants present in the room with the owner was an accomplice.
After sustained interrogation, arrested accused Deepak Shankar Pawar confessed that he had scripted the entire robbery that occurred on the evening of July 6.
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He had instructed the robbers to slap him before burglarising the place so his employer would not suspect him.
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| Robbery turns into murders: The two robbers enter the shop and smack its employee, Pawar, as the three had plotted earlier |
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| The owner comes to Pawar's rescue, but one of the robbers fires at him and his cousin. Both are declared dead when taken to the hospital |
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| Meanwhile, as the robbers flee the scene of crime, Pawar chases them, as was conspired, to avoid suspicion that he was involved in the robbery. Illustration/Jishu Dev Malakar |
The VP Road police arrested Pawar (32) in the double murder case last Sunday (see box). Pawar is a resident of Jogeshwari.
He had been working in Bharat Steel Yard, an iron-and-steel trading firm, for the past seven years.
After the incident, he registered an FIR in the police station and, along with the other servant who is a prime witness, helped the police draw sketches of the accused.
In his confession, Pawar told police that he had planned to rob his employer.
"An hour before the incident, he met the killers in the same area and scripted the entire plot. He instructed them, 'After you enter the shop, I will ask what you want.
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Then, you will slap me.' He even told the killers that he would chase them so his employer or the police do not suspect him," said one of the officers of the investigation team. All the accused had played their scripted roles.
"Police found discrepancies in Pawar's statement.
Following sustained interrogation, he broke down and confessed to be one of the conspirators," said a police officer, on condition of anonymity. Pawar, a complainant in the case, has been remanded to police custody till August 2.
The two accused, in their late 20s, and identified as Santosh and Rajesh, are absconding.
The Double MurderOn July 6, about 6.45 pm, two men entered the shop in the 7th Lane of Khetwadi, V P Road. Pawar asked them what they wanted. One of the robbers slapped him and he fell down.
Realising his shop was being robbed, manager Lalchand Vishnoi intervened. But one of the robbers fired at him. Later, they fired at his cousin, Ratna Ram. Both were declared dead before they were admitted to the hospital.
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Pawar (36) and another servant Maruti Bhawu Chalke (25) were the prime witnesses in the case.
