Narendra Goel is the son-in-law of Suresh and was arrested two years after the crime on the confessional statement made by alleged killer Pradeep Parab
In a major relief to 66-year-old South Mumbai resident Narendra Goel who was charged of being a co-conspirator in the gruesome murder of a Canadian national, Dr Asha Goel, in 2003, a sessions court on February 14, has discharged him of the charges levied, holding that prosecution is unable to bring forth any incriminating material against him.
Dr Goel, 62, was murdered on August 14, 2003 at her brother Suresh Agarwal’s (now deceased) residence in Malabar Hill. Police found 21 injuries on her body, including a massive head injury, a broken jaw, a ruptured liver and numerous stab wounds. Narendra is the son-in-law of Suresh and was arrested two years after the crime on the confessional statement made by alleged killer Pradeep Parab.
Additional Sessions Judge, S K S Razvi while discharging Goel said “Charges against the accused cannot be framed merely because the prosecution has converted the main perpetrator of crime as star witness of the prosecution an d that too after a long period of the incident and after filing of the chargesheet.”
Goel had filed a discharge application through his advocate Advocate Amit Jajoo and Advocate Mukesh Vatsa stating that he was being wrongly and belatedly charged in the case. The case has seen a lot of up and down over the years.
The family of the deceased in 2005, even announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh to anyone who secured the conviction of the arrested accused, following which Parab made a voluntary statement to record his confessional statement and get the reward.
Since 2006, the case has been stuck in a legal tangle in the higher courts. Last year, the magistrate court finally committed the case to the session’s court for trial following the Supreme Court’s directive.
The case which was transferred to the crime branch from the police has four people named as accused - Goel, Pradeep Parab, Pawankumar Goenka and Manohar Shinde. The prosecution had alleged that the accused took care of properties belonging to the Agarwals and were allegedly paid by one of the brothers. Of the four accused, Parab has been declared as an approver in the case. While one of the accused Subhash Agarwal (main conspirator) is wanted in the case.
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