The Powai police arrested a contractor and his driver for allegedly murdering the former's first wife who had gone missing since July 19, 2019. According to the police, the duo had strangled the deceased, Deepali Yadav, 30, with a rope and dumped her body in Thane creek.

The incident came to light when the deceased's parents registered a missing complaint in August 2019. A month after filing the complaint, Deepali's body washed ashore and was found in Malad. "Nisar Shaikh and driver Dhruvchandra Tiwari, 35, strangled Deepali as "she was blackmailing Shaikh when he married again," an officer from Powai police station said.