Man’s tattoo leads police to arrest his killers in Kalwa

A tattoo on the hand of a 26-year-old man, who was found murdered, helped Kalwa police in Thane to identify the man and also arrest his killers within 24 hours of the incident; the four allegedly assaulted him suspecting him to be a mobile thief

A tattoo on the hand of a 26-year-old man, who was found murdered, helped Kalwa police in Thane to identify the man and also find his killers within 24 hours of the incident.

Kalwa police with the four killers on Thursday. A tattoo on the wrist of the murdered man leads police to the arrest of the four. (PRAFUL GANGURDE/HT PHOTO)

The victim’s body was found in the bushes near Bhaskar Nagar Chawl in Kalwa and the police have arrested four persons who allegedly assaulted him suspecting him to be a mobile thief.

On June 1, Kalwa police received a call that a man was found unconscious. Police reached the spot and took the man to Kalwa Hospital, where he was declared dead.

The man looked in his early 20s, had a small beard and an anchor tattoo at the back of his left wrist.

The officials identified him after inquiring about the tattoo as Farid Shaikh, a resident of Samrat Ashok Nagar in Kalwa (E). The police then started taking information about his whereabouts on the day of the murder.

The accused have been identified as Abid Shaikh (25), Sohel Shaikh (19), Allauddin Shaikh (19) and Sarfaroj Ansari.