MUMBAI: A 38-year-old man surrendered before the Pant Nagar police in the wee hours on Wednesday after he allegedly stabbed his friend for raping his sister.
Ghatkopar resident Kannan Pillai (38) said his sister consumed pesticide to kill herself on April 9 and this prompted him to stab his friend. After recording his statement, policemen on night duty took Pillai to the spot where he slit the throat of the victim, Govindan.
Police said Pillai considered the victim identified as Govindan (full name unknown) as his own brother and allowed him to stay with his family members in his house at Hari Om Chawl in Ghatkopar (east) for the last five years and worked together to earn livelihood.
The matter was observed on April 10 when Pillai's mother enquired his younger sister, after getting discharge from hospital, for her act that forced her to consume pesticide the previous day. "Pillai, in his statement, said his mother got suspicious when his sister replied in an uncomfortable and scared voice. Immediately Pillai's mother checked his sister and found injuries marks on her private parts. His sister broke down and revealed that Govindan had raped her four times in a month time in their house on seeking opportunities," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone VII) Sanjay Shintre told TOI.
When Pillai learnt through his mother about the act that Govindan has done to his sister he decided to kill him. "Pillai planned to take the victim to party the whole night before killing him. Around 11am they left the house and before leaving the house Pillai carried knife along with him hidden," said a police officer.
Pillai bought alcohol from Puja Bar which is situated in the locality and sat in a parked autorickshaw in the neighbourhood at Kamraj Nagar till midnight. "Around 2.15am on Wednesday, Pillai noticed that the victim is totally drunk when he asked why he raped his sister. The victim replied that he was in love with Pillai's sister which annoyed Pillai who slit the victim's throat and repeatedly stab all over his body, including the private parts," said the officer.
After stabbing the victim, the accused pushed the victim from the rickshaw at Kamraj Nagar in Ghatkopar (East) and boarded a rickshaw to go to Dharavi to buy more alcohol. "When Pillai did not find the bars open at Dharavi, he decided to surrender himself to the police. He asked the rickshaw driver Datta Sonawane (29) to take him to Kamraj Nagar police chowky around 4.15am and got himself arrested for the killing," said the officer.
Pant Nagar police senior inspector Suresh Nirmal said they investigating the matter and the accused will be produced before the court on Thursday. He is booked for murder.Link: Man kills friend for 'raping' sister
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