Three arrested for murdering 33-year-old man in Kalwa

Three persons have been arrested for murdering a man in Kalwa; police used the tailor’s label on the shirt of the deceased to identify the victim and traced his alleged murderers within 12 hours of the body being found

Using a tailor’s label on the shirt of the deceased, the Kalwa police identified a murder victim and traced his alleged murderers within 12 hours of the body being found.

Kalwa police arrested three persons for murdering a 33-year-old man and disposing of the body in Kalwa creek. (HT FILE)

According to the Kalwa police, the body was spotted floating on the Kalwa creek and reported to the Thane Police control room at around 11.40am on Wednesday. A team reached the spot and pulled it out of the water, after which it was taken to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa.

Based on the external injuries visible on the body and the fact that its hands were tied with rope, the police registered a case of murder against unknown persons.

“The deceased was wearing a shirt that bore a tailor’s label on its inside. The label had the tailor’s name as well as his cell phone number. We contacted the tailor and sent a team led by sub-inspector Mahesh Kawle to his shop in Govandi,” DCP (Zone I), Avinash Ambure, said.

Using Asif’s cellular movements, his last contacted numbers and local grapevine, the police picked up Nizamuddin Sheikh (44).

“Sheikh’s sister had borrowed ₹10,000 from Asif, which she had returned. However, Asif was demanding interest and harassing her a lot for it to the point of visiting her house frequently and threatening to harm her. Sheikh, along with two others, call Asif to meet him on Wednesday, supposedly to collect the interest, but instead murdered him and disposed of his body,” an officer said.

Sheikh and his two accomplices, Mirza Nawab (30) and Mohammed Irfan Khan (32), were arrested on Thursday and charged with murder and destruction of evidence under the Indian Penal Code. They will be produced in court on Friday, officials said.