If police sources are to be believed Vijay Palande painstakingly planned Karan Kakkad’s murder, with strategies being devised since 2010. The alleged serial killer is cooling his heels behind bars along with wife Seema Dusaj and two associates.

Vijay Palande left the country with his wife after murdering Karan Kakkad, using his alias, shopped with Kakkad’s credit cards, and returned with the passport bearing the name Vijay Palande. File pic