Mumbai Crime: Three held for allegedly conspiring to kill man

24 August,2023 10:45 PM IST |  Mumbai  |  Apoorva Agashe

The Colaba police have apprehended three men for allegedly trying to kill a man. The incident came to light on August 31, when the victim approached the police station to register his complaint

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The Colaba police have apprehended three men for allegedly trying to kill a man. The incident came to light on July 31, when the victim approached the police station to register his complaint.

According to the FIR, the victim who is identified as Imran Namakwala had gone out with his friends for dinner in a hotel in south Mumbai. After Namakwala and his friend left the place and reached Regal Cinemas, some unknown people beat him up and fled from the scene.

"We had no lead in this case. However, with a lot of technical investigation and with inputs from reliable sources, we apprehended one of the accused from Sewri," said Senior Police Inspector Vijay Hastikar.

One of the alleged accused identified as Salim Shaikh (23) was apprehended by police from Sewri.

The police then received a tip-off that another accused Lokesh Rawat (28) was hand in gloves with the accused and hence he was arrested from Virar. The duo had confessed that they had received "supari" from Imran's brother. Subsequently, the police arrested Imran's brother Irfan Namakwala (45).

"Both brothers had disputes due to which Irfan planned to kill his brother. Imran was severely injured and had 17 stitches on his face. He is unable to talk," said the police official.

The accused Lokesh Rawat hails from Nepal. According to the police, five cases had been registered against him across Mumbai.

The trio have been booked under sections 307(Attempt to murder),323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 34 (common intention).

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