Two arrested for killing ‘police informer’ in Kandivali

The body of Deepak Rajbhar was found near Poisar on Monday morning with several stab wounds following which the police registered a case of murde

Mumbai: The police on Monday night arrested two men and are on the lookout for six more for allegedly killing a 30-year-old man in Kandivali.

According to locals, Rajbhar was a police informer and had a fight with the accused and their accomplices 15 days ago over a parking issue.

The body of Deepak Rajbhar was found near Poisar on Monday morning with several stab wounds following which the police registered a case of murder and began scanning CCTV footage in the locality and also alerted the dog squad to identify the accused.

Two accused, Sonu Choudhary (20) and Aditya Chaubey (21), were subsequently arrested by the police.

According to locals, Rajbhar was a police informer and had a fight with the accused and their accomplices 15 days ago over a parking issue.

“Rajbhar had tried to solve a fight which broke out between two groups in the locality after which there was minor rioting in the area. Shop windows and even mirrors of two-wheelers were broken. However, instead of registering a rioting case, the police had taken a cross-complaint against the two groups and had made no arrests,” said Ritesh Tiwari, a local from Poisar, Rajbhar’s neighbourhood.

Tiwari further said that after the fight, Choudhary and his accomplices had threatened Rajbhar as he had alerted the police about the riot.

In the wee hours of Sunday when Rajbhar was returning home after meeting friends in the area, he was surrounded by Choudhary and his accomplices. The gang stabbed Rajbhar and slit his throat to retain their stronghold over the area, the police said.

“We have arrested two men and are looking for others. We detained two more accused on Tuesday evening,” said a police officer from Samta Nagar police station.