Musician Bennett Rebello, who was killed and his body pieces thrown into Mithi, had allegedly got his 'adopted' daughter Aradhya Patil home to take care of a pregnant woman (named Mahek) he was living with, his neighbours told mid-day on Wednesday. Rebello was allegedly killed by Aradhya and her boyfriend last month and his body, chopped into several pieces, was thrown into the Mithi River at different locations across Mumbai.

"We knew Mahek had been living with Rebello for quite some time. One day, I saw her with a baby bump and was shocked. I enquired about it and got to know that she wasn't married. A few weeks later, Ria (Aradhya) began living with them at Rebello's Vakola house. When asked, Rebello told me that she had come to take care of Mahek," said Laxmi Shinde who lives in the same locality in Vakola as Rebello.