The indelible ink voting mark on the finger of a murder victim helped Mumbai Police identify the man to solve the case. The victim identified as Kiran Wankhede was found near a public toilet on the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road in the first week of May. His face had been smashed with stone and other than the voting ink mark, the only other identification marks were tattoos on his body, a ‘holy cross’ and the alphabets B and K on his hand.

According to Indian Express, the post-mortem reports confirmed that his head had been smashed with stone and Deonar police registered a case of murder against unidentified persons. During the investigation, the police arrested two persons identified as Niyaz Choudhary (20) and Shafiullah Qureshi (23). Police stated that duo were drug addicts and they confessed that they wanted money so when they saw a man in the area they thought of robbing him, When the victim started fighting with them, the duo allegedly smashed his head and fled the scene.