'Nobody identified the maid's body, they were busy clicking pictures'

Investigating the death of a 25yearold maid who fell to her death from the 19th floor of a building in Cuffe Parade has been tough cops revealed The case was difficult since none of the accused revealed anything and all were in an inebriated state when the incident took place For several hours the body remained unidentified and people were busy taking picturesAlso Read Cuffe Parade maids death Flat owner among seven booked25yearold Shamita Tambe fell from the 19th floor at Maker TowerShamita Tambe 25 worked as a domestic maid for businessman Ramesh Bhojwani 65 at his 19thfloor Maker Tower residence She died in the wee hours of Saturday The cops booked her employer Bhojwani and six other servants under Section 202 while Suman alias Sanju Raut 35 was booked under Section 304A of the IPC On Tuesday the cops received a goahead for investigating the other accused in the case including BhojwaniOrder of eventsThe incident occurred on Friday night during Bhojwanirsquos birthday party After the party he gave each of the servants Rs 5000 and later all of the servants had alcohol A police officer said ldquoThe servants took him to his bedroom Due to his health condition Bhojwani needs to be supported by at least two people to walkrdquoRead Story Mumbai Cops suspect foul play in Cuffe Parade maids deathMeanwhile the same night while the rest of the servants were working in the kitchen a small glass piece pierced Tambersquos right foot Raut made her sit on the small twofoot slab at the kitchen window which does not have a grille and tried to remove the glass A police officer said ldquoIn the process she leaned and fell down The servants went to inform the others and Bhojwani who asked them to leaverdquoThe body was found at 8 am at the entrance gate of the building An officer from the Cuffe Parade police station said ldquoNo one came forward and identified Tambe all were busy clicking pictures The building consists of 25 floors and we started from the first floor asking each house about Tambe At the 19th floor we came to know about her identityrdquoGetting the truth outAnother police officer said ldquoBy evening we had traced all the servants who were not ready to speak All of them said they didnrsquot know anything about the incident Later we kept all of them in different rooms We took one servant and told him that others have told your name and now you should accept your crime after which he got scared and gave Rautrsquos name After thorough interrogation Raut revealed everythingrdquoThe officer added ldquoHowever all of the other accused knew about the fall but did not tell anyone not even us Therefore we brought a citation of cases from three states in order to apply Section 202 of IPCrdquoSeveral local activists and politicians had also taken a march to the police station claiming it is a murder and several such incidents have occurred in the past However Tambersquos family is satisfied with the investigations They claimed her body and conducted the final rites yesterday