The Juhu Police on Saturday arrested the family members of a rape and murder accused for allegedly threatening and blocking investigation of a team of policemen who were probing the rape and murder case of a minor. The accused identified as Vadivel alias Devendra Gundappa Wadivar had allegedly raped and brutally murdered a nine-year-old girl.

According to the police, a team was dispatched to the accused Vadivel's house in Andheri for investigation and procure evidence regarding the case but the locals and the accused's family refused to cooperate with the police. Moreover, the accused's family showed up with iron rods and issued death threats to the police which prompted the cops to arrest them.