Thane: Navi Mumbai police identified a 70-year-old woman, who was killed and her face was flawed by her attacker, with the help of tattoos on his arm and also arrested the defendant, a 26-year-old trail resident, an official said on Tuesday.
The woman, a Govandi resident in Mumbai, was killed near the Vashi Bridge earlier this month after he opposed the rape offer by the defendant who slit his throat and destroyed his head with stones, he said.
His body was found filled in gunny bags in very decomposed conditions.
The official said it was a difficult task for the police to identify the deceased and the killer.
“Police Navi Mumbai examined complaints of missing people and scans at least 150 cases like that within the boundaries of Thane, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai police station.
Description of a woman who was missing from Govandi fits her body as she has two tattoos to her weapon,” he told Journalists.
The police learned that the woman was seen near the inorbit mall signal in Vashi on 29 July where an unknown man approached him.
A driver of the Autorickshaw identified the defendant, the official said, added the defendant had cut his hair from the front to change his appearance to avoid arrest.
“The defendant was identified as Kanifnath Kamble, had taken the old woman near the Inorbit Mall bridge promising her food but tried to increase her.
However, when she opposed, Kambu slit her throat with a piece of broken glass.
She destroyed her face and head with a large stone.
He entered His body into a gunny bag and escaped, “said the Inspector of the Vashi Prakash Todarmal police station.
The defendant was arrested on August 22, police said.
“Two tattoos on the victim’s arm helped the police identify the victim and reach the defendant,” he said.
The case is listed below section 302 (punishment for murder) and 201 (causing loss of violations of violations, or providing false information to screen violators) from the Indian KUHP (IPC).