Khar murder: My son was assaulted with sharp weapon at the party, claims accused's mother

Over three months after 19yearold Jhanvi Kukreja was allegedly murdered during a New Yearrsquos Eve party at Kharrsquos Bhagwati Heights building Bharti Ambadas Jogdhankar mother of the prime accused Shree Jogdhankar has written to the Mumbai Police She claims that her son has been falsely accusedA picture of accused Shree Jogdhankarrsquos injuries taken by his friend Harsh at Sion HospitalIn her letter Bharti also claimed that her son was injured in the incident and that the injury couldnrsquot have been caused by the deceased Jhanvi Kukreja or by the coaccused Diya Padalkar The nature of the injuries indicates grievous assault and there is a possibility that some more people are involved in the whole incident she saidBharti said that when she met her son at Taloja Jail he told her that while he was sitting on the terrace with Kukreja someone hit him from behind with a sharp weapon Since he was under the influence of alcohol he couldnrsquot remember what happened after that ldquoThe police have retrieved CCTV footage and other electronic evidence from the building wherein my son is seen leaving the building with grievous head injury caused by a sharp weapon and was bleedingrdquo she wrote adding ldquohellipit seems some glass bottle or such weapons was used for assaulting himhellip There is a possibility that my son tried to intervene and was assaulted by a few other party goers sicrdquoAfter leaving the building Jogdhankar she said met his friend Harsh who took him to Sion Hospital at 3 am He also clicked photos of his injuries Earlier the Khar police had said that Jogdhankar had told the doctor that he had fallen on a road near Mahim However the letter stated that it was Harsh who had informed the hospital that Jogdhankar had met with an accident in Mahim She has also asked why the police hadnrsquot tested others present at the party for alcohol consumption ldquoThere was freeflowing alcohol at the venue which was served by the host Yash Ahuja without any police or excise permission even when the Mumbai police commissioner had ordered a nightlong curfew on December 31 2020rdquo she stated She has asked for a ldquoproper and meaningfulrdquo investigation to unearth the complete truth ldquoIt is very unfortunate that a young girl died in the incident She wonrsquot get justice if the real culprits are not caughtrdquo she saidWhen contacted Jogdhankarrsquos advocate Mahesh Vaswani said ldquoShree was assaulted at the party These injuries are visible in the CCTV footage As per medical papers he dislocated a spinal cord and broke three ribs His mother strongly believes that her son is innocent and is framed due to an improper investigation by the Khar Policerdquo