Son arrested for stabbing mother pleads not guilty

MUMBAI: Siddhant Ganore, the son of a serving police inspector from Mumbai Police who was arrested last month for allegedly murdering his mother pleaded not guilty before a magistrate appointed to record his confession last week.

But Vakola police said they have enough forensic and circumstantial evidence to have the 21-year-old convicted.

On June 2, Vakola police had informed the Bandra magistrate court that they did not want Siddhant in further custody as he promised to give a confession before a magistrate. Also, further probe did not require him to be present in their custody.

Siddhant was brought to Bandra magistrate court last week from Arthur Road jail. But he told the magistrate he does not want to confess and he is not guilty. His judicial custody has been extended. A police source said, “He must have been tutored by a relative or he must have been given advice by other inmates in jail . We did not go for his psychological profiling as it would have given him an advantage.”