Last week’s shooting and murder in Dharavi was the result of a rivalry within a gang that wanted to rule over the city's biggest slum, the Crime Branch has found. Officers of Unit V have arrested seven people in the case.

Around 10.30 am on February 12, two unknown assailants fired eight rounds of bullets on Amir Anis Khan, 30, while he was answering nature's call near Pila Bungalow. Severely injured Amir was rushed to Sion hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Dharavi police filed a murder case against unknown accused, and arrested a woman named Shama Parvez Sheikh on Monday.