Ghatkopar murder: Seven accused blame each other in jeweller case

In the ongoing investigation of Ghatkopar diamond merchant Rajeshwar Udanis murder the arrested accused have started blaming each other and claiming that the cops have framed themAccording to sources from Pant Nagar Police Station Siyasti Khan alias Dolly a 38yearold beautician said that main accused Sachin Pawar a former aide to BJP minister Prakash Mehta is her rakhi brother and she did whatever he had asked her to without knowing that she was becoming participant in a murder Cops argue that she knew of the murder plot which Dolly deniesThe car in which the murder took placeThe accused a total of seven are currently in police custody Udani 57 a resident of Ghatkopar had gone missing on November 28 During investigations the police learnt that on the day he disappeared he had left his car near the Vikhroli traffic chowkie around 945 pm and had taken another white car that was waiting for him After nearly a weeklong search the Panvel Taluka police found an unknown body in an isolated locationMeanwhile said cops coaccused Dinesh Pawar the suspended police constable who allegedly strangled Udani and helped dispose off the body and destroy evidence has also blamed Sachin On the other hand Sachin is pointing fingers at the cops and the other accused claiming that he was not at the spot where this has happened and had not planned any murder as he is being accused of doingSources said that Sachins argument is that the police have arrested him only on the basis of some call data records and the fact that other accused named him in the caseSiddhesh Patil who was arrested from Dongri on Wednesday claims that he doesnt know any of the other coaccused and that he was being held on other coaccuseds statements that said he had purchased the gloves and face mask used during Udanis murderMahesh Bhoir also arrested last week is a distant relative of Pranit Bhoir arrested on December 8 Pranit was allegedly driving the car in which Udani was murdered Mahesh cops said claims that Pranit just asked him to accompany him in the car and he did so without knowing that Udani would be murderedZara Khan who said Sachin offered her a chance in Bollywood films and asked her to give a trial performance in the car used her in the murder plot Khan was arrested last week because she was allegedly in the car in which Udani was murdered and despite having witnessed this she didnt report the crime Cops believe that the chain of accusations is nothing but a smart diversion According to police Dinesh is sharp and to avoid being arrested after disposing Udanis body they visited Murud where they set his Udanis and a third cellphone on fire Police have found burnt particles of mobile phones that they have sent to the forensic lab for analysisHowever Pranits clothes caught fire and they have recovered this cloth An officer said that after the murder Sachin gave Rs 20000 to Khan and asked her to keep her mouth shut Sachin also provided her a new SIM card and a new handset for further communication Police have seized her mobile phone and sent it to forensic lab for analysis They have also seized actress Debolina Bhattacharyas mobile phone and sent it to the labOn Saturday Dinesh and Pranit were produced before metropolitan magistrate court Vikhroli where the court remanded them to police custody till December 18 midday tried to connect with DCP Akhilesh Kumar Singh of Zone VII for comments on the case but he didnt respondCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates