Mumbai: Man arrested for fraud confesses to killing live-in partner

A 35yearold man who was arrested for Rs 1565 lakh fraud by the Kashimira police confessed of murdering his livein partner who was also involved in the fraud caseThe accused has been identified as Ashish Ukani and the victim has been identified as 35yearold Nikita Doshi Ashish and Nikita met through Facebook in 2016 and they both were married at that time They fell in love and started living together in Mira Road Nikita divorced her husband while Ashish separated from his wife but did not divorce her Ashishs wife and children lived in SuratAccording to the police sources apart from Ashish and Nikita another accused Shobhit Kumar was booked in the fraud case filed by Kashimira police on December 15 2019Posing as directors of Maitrin company Ashish and Nikita had bought four card swipe machines from Tranmart Digital private limited and withdrew Rs 1565 lakh through invoice base system using Shobhitrsquos credit card which had a withdrawal limit of just Rs 29000After a complaint by the Transmart companyrsquos manager Kashimira police registered a case against the trio and started the investigationAccording to reports after committing the fraud the duo fled to their native village in Gujaratrsquos Amreli district However the two had a fight over money distribution following which Ashish pushed Nikita into a well He later pulled out her body and buried it in his cotton farm field on October 15DCP Vijakant Sagar from Mira road zone one said that after pulling out the body from the well Ashish dug a three and a half feet pit and buried the body after putting salt on itldquoAshish planted cucumber on Nikitarsquos grave and used to visit daily to check if everything was fine After staying in the village for several days he went to Surat and started living with his wife and children Ashish had Nikitas mobile phone and he did not switch it off Ashish used to reply to all the messages on Nikitas WhatsApp However many times Nikitas relatives messaged but Ashish did not respond to anything more than hi and hellordquo said DCP Vijakant SagarRead the latest crime stories in Mumbai and rest of IndiaNikitas sister and brotherinlaw who lived in Borivli got suspicious and sent a message on Nikitarsquos number asking about the name of some relatives to which Ashish didnrsquot reply ldquoNikitarsquos brotherinlaw approached Kashimira police station and filed a missing complaint on February 29rdquo said senior inspector Sanjay HazareldquoWe got the information about Ashish hiding in Surat Using the Call Data Record and other technical analysis we arrested him last week During the interrogation he refused to reveal anything However later he confessed to committing the fraud and murdering Nikitardquo added HazareUnder the supervision of CP Sadanand Date and DCP Vijaykant Sagar a special team was sent to Amreli and Nikitarsquos body was dug out in the presence of local police and magistrate The body was sent for autopsyAPI Rajendra Chandankar filed a case at the local police station and on further investigation it was found out that Ashish had committed similar frauds in Surat as well and duped people of over Rs 2 crore Cases have been registered against Ashish in Gujarat as wellMeanwhile Shobhit is still at large Chandankar saidKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news