Murdered bizman may have fallen prey to honeytrap

MUMBAI: The murder of a 62-year-old Kurla resident, whose body was found in Neral last month, has taken a new twist. Police claimed the suspected killer had used a woman to lure the deceased Laxminarayan Kakkad.
Kakkad, a resident of Kamraj Nagar in Kurla, went missing on February 23. Four days later, his body was found near Jumma Patti valley, in Neral.The police initially registered an accidental death report, but after his body was identified, the post-mortem report said his death was unnatural. He had suffered haemmorrhage and severe head injuries. The police then registered a murder case.
Neral police, along with Nehru Nagar police, are jointly conducting a detailed probe into Kakkad’s murder.
“Kakkad was killed somewhere else and his body was dumped in Neral. A local police official told Nehru Nagar police that she had seen three persons, including a woman, getting off from a car and doing something where Kakkad’s body was dumped. We have however have not been able to make much progress in the case due to non co-operation from the family members,” said an officer.
The deceased’s son, Umesh, had initially pointed at the involvement of his two uncles over ancestral property dispute. “We interrogated them; even technical evidence did not corroborate their presence anywhere near the scene of the crime,” said an officer.
The police are also going through Kakkad’s cell phone, found two days later in Uran. His call detail report shows his last location on February 23 at Vikhroli railway station foot-over bridge. After that, his cell phone was switched off.
Kakkad, who let out his shops on rent, also ran some local chit funds and owed huge amounts to creditors.