Thane: Police in Thane City Maharashtra have arrested a man who allegedly suffocated a 43-year-old taxi driver and left the vehicle, a official said on Thursday.
Branch Crime from Police Thane City on Wednesday accused Santosh Teacher Reddy (26) from Gayatri Nagar in Bhiwandi, while the victim’s wife and two other people had been arrested before, and two more accused of escaping, Senior Inspector Ashok Honmane said.
The victim Prabhakar Pandu Ganji was found to be strangled to death in his car in Mankoli Naka on August 1, after the murder case was registered against unknown people at the Narpoli police station, the official said.
The investigation has revealed that the victim’s wife, her friend and Paramour Nitesh Gowardhan Wala hatched plans to kill the victim and have offered Reddy Rs 4 Lakh to carry out the killing, the official said.
Reddy booked a trip to Airoli in the victim’s taxi on July 31, and Enroute he suffocated him by using a rope and left the car on the road with the body in the driver’s seat, he said, adding that the police were looking for two more accused in a case that helped in murder.