Three more held, six arrested so far in Mumbai Diamond trader murder case
The Pant Nagar police arrested three more people on Tuesday in connection with the murder of diamond trader Rajeshwar Udani, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six.
Among those held is a young woman who the police believed was used as a honeytrap to lure Udani into the car in which he was allegedly killed.
The three arrested on Tuesday are Mahesh Prabhakar Bhoir, 31, Shahista Khan , 41, and her niece Nikhat Mohamed Umar Khan, 20.
“Nikhat was the only woman present in the car and was used as a honeytrap. She witnessed the crime. She claims innocence, but never approached the police despite witnessing the crime,” said a high-ranking officer privy to the investigation.
“Shahista was the one who arranged Nikhat to be the honeytrap while Mahesh was also present in the car. He is a resident of Panvel, where the body was dumped,” he added. Police also recovered on Tuesday the car in which Udani was killed.
Udani was last seen on November 28. Investigations have revealed that on November 28, Udani left his Vikhroli office and then at Pantnagar, left his car and entered another one. The police believe that he was fed cake in the second car and that the woman in the car, Nikhat, was used to lure Udani.
Sources said that the plan was to shoot an intimate video of Udani, which could be used to blackmail him.
Police sources stated that Khan, who goes by the alias Dolly, was promised ₹15 lakh while Nikhat was promised ₹5
MUMBAI:
Rajeshwar Kishorilal Udani, 57, a Ghatkopar resident, was last seen by his driver when he asks the latter to take him near Vikhroli traffic police outpost on the Eastern Express Highway. Udani, a diamond merchant, gets into a white-coloured car at the spot
As Udani does not return home that night, his son Ronak, 31, approaches the Pant Nagar police in Ghatkopar the next day. Police first registers a missing case and then a kidnapping case
The Panvel taluka police receives a call from the security guard of Dehrang dam in Panvel stating a decomposed body has been found near the area. The Panvel police send the body for post-mortem and register an accidental death case
The Pant Nagar police are informed about the body. They contact the businessman’s family, who confirm it to be Udani’s body based on his clothes
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Police learns about the involvement of suspended police constable Dinesh Pawar in
lakh for their parts in the crime. Dolly is a friend of Sachin Pawar, a politician who also worked in show business, and was arrested on December 8.
The police believe Dolly and Pawar had previously planned to honeytrap Udani at a residence, which didn’t pan out.
The plot involving Nikhat in a car was the accused duo’s second attempt. Theprobealsopointsto a monetary dispute between Pawar and Udani due to which the case. Two days before knowing about his involvement in the Udani murder case, Pant Nagar police arrest Pawar in a rape case. The police also arrest prime accused Sachin Pawar, 37, who is the former private assistant of a Ghatkopar-based politician
The Pant Nagar police arrests Pranit Bhoir, 20, the driver of the car in which Udani was allegedly murdered before his body was dumped. Bhoir is a resident of Vichumbe village in Panvel, located a couple of kilometres away from
Pawar planned to extort money from Udani, but ended up killing him. “There is one more suspect who was in the car and we are looking out for him,” said the officer.
Meanwhile, suspended Mumbai Police constable Dinesh Pawar, 29 and driver of the car Pranit Bhoir, 20, who have both been arrested in the case, were sent to police custody till December 15. Sachin Pawar is already under police custody. the spot where Udani’s body was found. According to the police, Bhoir may have chosen the spot to dump the body
The Pant Nagar police arrests three more people, Nikhat Mohamed Umar Khan, 20; her aunt Shahista Khan alias Dolly, 41; and
Mahesh Prabhakar Bhoir, 31. Bhoir was in the car on the day of murder, while Shahista had assisted in laying the honey-trap
UDANI WAS LAST SEEN ON NOV 28. PROBE HAS REVEALED THAT ON NOVEMBER 28, UDANI LEFT HIS VIKHROLI OFFICE AND THEN AT PANTNAGAR, LEFT HIS CAR AND ENTERED ANOTHER ONE