A 38-year-old constable of the city police has been arrested by the Cuffe Parade police along with four others for their alleged involvement in the murder of a youth.
A 38-year-old constable of the city police has been arrested by the Cuffe Parade police along with four others for their alleged involvement in the murder of a youth. The constable, Prakash Sawde, who was attached to the MRA Marg police station, was earlier working as a driver of public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam.
The deceased has been identified as Khwaja Moinuddin alias Amir, 25. Amir ran a vadapav stall at Gateway of India and also doubled as a tourist photographer. He was the sole bread-winner of his family. Amir was staying in Geeta Nagar slums with his parents and two siblings - Sameer and Shabnam.
According to the police, at around 7am on Sunday, Amir left his home for some work when he was attacked by some locals with sharp weapons. He was rushed to St George Hospital with several injuries, but was declared dead on arrival.
A relative of Amir alleged that a few days ago, some local youths had got into a heated argument with Amir over a cricket match and the same group of youths had again fought with him on Saturday. “On Saturday, there was a function at Amir’s residence and several relatives had come to his place. At that time too, these youths were consuming alcohol outside his residence,” said Amir’s cousin Mohammad Shahjahaan.
“The group then got into an argument with Amir’s family members, who had reported the matter to the Cuffe Parade police. However, the police only registered a non-cognisable complaint in this regard. We suspected that the same group had murdered Amir,” said Shahjahaan.
“We have arrested five persons, including police constable Prakash Sawde, for their alleged involvement in the crime,” confirmed senior inspector JK Kharat. The others have been identified as Prakash Sawde, Anil Sawde, Kishan Sawde and Vishal Rathi.
Constable Sawde is the same person who was shunted out after being spotted wearing a suit instead of uniform during the 26/11 trial. He was then working as the driver of public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam.
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