The victim, Pangmayung Raikhan, had boarded the shared auto-rickshaw from Pritam's Global Cuisine in Thane where he work. "His (Raikhan's) work place is hardly 15 minutes drive from his house in Ghodbunder Road where he lives with his sister. On Sunday night, he boarded the auto at 12:30am that had three passengers inside,” said victim's cousin Alum who is a research analyst in Mumbai.

A few minutes later, the driver stopped the vehicle saying he had to pee. All of them got out except Raikhan, said Alum, who added, "He was seated at the corner in the rear seat of the auto-rickshaw."