Ahmedabad: 9 days on, mystery shrouds death of multiplex worker

AHMEDABAD: Nine days have passed since Navrangpura police found the body of a former employee of the City Gold multiplex on Ashram Road from its basement, but cops are yet to get a clue as to whether this was murder, which is very likely, or an accidental death.
Police sources said Inspector P B Desai of Navrangpura police had taken up the investigation and began collecting CCTV footage in the case.He had just learned that the deceased, Shailesh Thakor, 25, who was from Balasinor, had entered the complex on December 22 and never came out.
However, the cops did not find any other clues, from CCTV footage or by questioning other workers, that would suggest whether Thakor had a fight with someone.
“Thakor had come to the multiplex to get salary dues of Rs 9,000 on December 22 from his contractor and the multiplex owners. He was not entertained by any of them after which he decided to stay there till he got his salary. He then went to the basement area and was never seen again,” said a source in police.
A cop said the way his body was found, at the base of an elevator shaft, suggests that he was killed and dumped there. Thakor’s postmortem report also suggests he was hit on the head with a blunt object.
The report also said that from the state of rigor mortis, he had died three to four days ago before the body was found on December 26.
Inspector P B Desai of Navrangpura police was not available for comment.