Police grilling suspected killer Pintoo Sharma in the gruesome murder of Ganesh Koladkar have ventured into the dark side, at least with their suspicions. They feel that Sharma could have killed Koladkar and LIC senior executive Arvind Ranade as part of a 'black magic' ritual, and disposed of the crucial pieces of evidence to give a tough time to cops.

A senior officer from Palghar police told mid-day, "Sharma is saying that he picked up a fight with Koladkar just because the latter could not repay him the remaining amount of his loan. This is just a tactic to deviate us.