NAVI MUMBAI: CBD police arrested four siblings from Diwale village for kidnapping and murdering a 39-year-old man, who allegedly had an extramarital affair with the wife of the key accused, a fisherman from Diwale village.
The key accused is Prasad Koli (27) and his siblings are Yogesh (23), Datta (29) and Nagesh (31). While, Prasad and Yogesh earn a living from fishing, Datta is an auto driver and Nagesh works for a private firm.
Somnath Koli's brother Devnath had filed a kidnapping complaint on December 30, 2020, blaming the four. He said they wanted to kill him outside Meenakshi restaurant and bar in Sector 6, CBD, around 9.50pm on December 29. Police had registered an FIR under section 364 (kidnapping or abduction to murder) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Police arrested three siblings within 12 hours from Diwale village, while Nagesh was arrested on December 31. The trio took police to Diwale village creek, near Reti Bunder, where they had abducted Somnath in the autorickshaw of Nagesh and fatally assaulted him on his head with wooden planks and lynched him.
They showed police the spot where they had hidden Somnath's body underneath huge stones.