It was a planned murder, claims victim’s mother
MUMBAI: Nidhi Kukreja, the mother of 19-year-old Janhvi Kukreja who was found dead in a Khar building on January 1 following a New Year’s Eve party, has claimed that it was a preplanned murder.
Nidhi, on Thursday, opposed the bail application of Diya Padalkar, one of the accused in the case and a daughter of Kukreja’s neighbour. Padalkar had filed a bail plea earlier this month.
Jhanvi was found dead on the ground floor of a building in Khar, where she had gone to attend a New Year Eve party with her friends. Police had booked Janvi’s friends – Padalkar and Shree Ambadas Jogdhankar.
Nidhi claimed that the accused jointly persuaded and convinced the intervener (Nidhi) and her husband to take the victim Jhanvi to a New Year party, which was supposed to be at the house of one Yash Ahuja, “with the intention to kill the daughter of the intervener”.
Padalkar, in her bail plea, claimed that she had no role to play in Jhanvi’s death.
Explaining the sequence of events, Padalkar said that she was feeling dizzy. “Later, while climbing down the staircase she lost her balance and got severely hurt on the lip and was bleeding profusely,” her application stated.
It further mentioned that when she was hurt, Padalkar went to Ahuja’s flat to clean the bleeding. The bleeding, however, did not stop and therefore she was taken to a hospital.
Padaklar, in her plea, stated that “material instances and witness statements are enough to rule out the mere possibility of the applicant’s presence in the alleged offence”.
The bail plea is scheduled for hearing on February 17.