Mumbai: Missing person found dead, three charged with murder

The Malvani police have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of 43yearold Fahim Nazir Sayyed alias Fahim Machmach who had reportedly gone missing on April 17A missing complaint was earlier registered by the family of the deceasedmdasha resident of the Ambuj Wadi area in MalvaniOn Thursday Chimaji Adhav senior police inspector at Byculla police station who was previously posted at Malvani received a tipoff from a reliable source that Sayyed had actually been murderedThe sources claimed the killers had packed the body in a sack and dumped it in a drain in Malad The informant also revealed the identities of the suspects and the location of the crimeFollowing the information the police detained three suspects identified as Saif Faiz Shaikh 28 Hazim Imran Khan 19 and Suraj Arun Thakur 19 During interrogation the trio confessed to the murder and disclosed the location where the body was disposed ofExplaining in detail a police officer said that Sayyed had consumed drugs with his friend Faiyaz Shaikh 52 and the duo went to the latterrsquos residence where Faiyazrsquos wife and 15yearold daughter were presentWhile Faiyaz and his wife went to sleep Sayyed allegedly made sexual advances toward the minor girl who was chatting on her mobile phone with her boyfriendDisturbed the girl informed her boyfriend about Sayyed who arrived at Faiyazrsquos house with two others The trio then allegedly assaulted Sayyed resulting in his deathldquoThe murder reportedly took place in the early hours of April 17 After the murder they tied the body in a sack and later transported the body in an autorickshaw before dumping it in a drain near Mith Chowky Metro station Malad Westrdquo said the officerIt is said that the killers also recorded videos of Fahims beating One of the accused revealed details of the murder to a friend while high on drugs who then informed a police source who later informed senior inspector AdhavldquoThe police also have found footage showing the accused carrying the body in an autorickshaw in a sackrdquo the officer addedOn Friday morning senior police officers from Goregaon Byculla Malvani and Bangur Nagar police stations arrived at the spot where the body was dumped and began a search operation with assistance from the fire brigade However they could not find the body One of the senior officers present at the spot told midday that the drain had already been cleaned in preparation for the monsoon a couple of weeks ago and the waste had been loaded into dumpers and sent to a dumping ground near MiraBhayandar last weekPolice said a team reached the dumping site and is continuing the search As of the time of reporting the body has not yet been recoveredldquoWe have registered a murder case So far we have arrested three accused and more suspects are likely to be arrested soonrdquo said senior inspector Shailendra Nagarkar of Malvani police stationatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params