The homicide suspect was arrested inside two days of the crime on April 15. (Representational)
Mumbai:
Navi Mumbai Police has cracked the homicide case of a 45-year-old ragpicker by tracing a stray canine who was current on the spot of the crime which was captured on CCTV digicam, an official mentioned on Wednesday.
The homicide suspect was arrested inside two days of the crime on April 15.
The unidentified man was discovered mendacity in a pool of blood within the Nerul space within the early hours of April 13, following which police launched an investigation.
Whereas analyzing the CCTV footages within the space, police officers seen that the rag-picker was attacked on his head by one other man with a blunt object. The seize confirmed that the attacker left the spot after the sufferer turned immobile, the official mentioned.
”The attacker’s face was solely partially seen and prima facie no one was round when the incident occurred,” he mentioned.
Whereas scanning the footage, Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Dhage noticed a black canine with a white strip on its stomach on the spot of the crime.
Sachin Dhage noticed that the canine did not bark on the attacker throughout the incident, the official mentioned.
”Police suspected a hyperlink between the canine and the attacker and launched a seek for the canine,” he mentioned.
Throughout a search, officers of Nerul police station discovered a canine with a footpath-dweller below the Nerul flyover who seemed much like the one noticed within the CCTV digicam, he mentioned.
The person instructed the police that the canine normally stays with one ’Bhurya’.
Police discovered ’Bhurya’ sleeping on the flyover on April 15, the official mentioned.
He was taken into custody and his interrogation cracked the homicide case.
”Bhurya alias Manoj Prajapati mentioned he was furious with the deceased as he used to beat him and snatch cash from his pockets,” the official mentioned.
Within the early hours of April 13, a struggle broke out between Prajapati and the ragpicker throughout which the latter was killed.
Prajapati instructed the police that since he used to feed the stray canine usually, he at all times saved his firm.
Police have named the 20-year-old footpath-dweller who led them to Prajapati as a witness within the case.
Police are but to establish the sufferer who used to dwell roadside and on the lookout for his household.
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