Muzammil Sayyed, 19, in custody of Bangur Nagar police for killing model Mansi Dixit, has now told interrogators that the two became friends on social media just over a week before they met at his Oshiwara flat, on the day of the incident.

Early this week, senior inspector Vijay Bane said that initially Sayyed had misled interrogators with fake stories. "He was continuously changing his statement after his arrest. As we did not believe him, we continued grilling him," said a senior officer.