Mumbai cop's wife's murder: Missing son tracked to Rajasthan

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Mumbai: It's as shocking and horrific as it can get.

The Rajasthan Police on Thursday detained Siddhant D Ganore, the prime suspect in the killing of his mother Dipali, the wife of a Mumbai policeman who was one of the Sheena Bora murder investigators, at their Santacruz home on Wednesday, an official said here.

"We had a tip-off that the boy had left for Jaipur and we sent a police team to apprehend him. In Jaipur, we learnt that he had left for Jodhpur, some 340 km away, and was staying in Hotel Dhoom there," said a Mumbai Police spokesperson, as per IANS.

Accordingly, the Mumbai team sent pictures of the suspect and requested Jodhpur police to detain him till they reached there.

The Jodhpur police swooped on the hotel early on Thursday and took Siddhant into custody where he has reportedly confessed to killing his mother, but Mumbai Police declined any comment.

According to his preliminary statement to Jodhpur police, Siddhant was irritated by frequent quarrels between his parents and apparently got enraged after his mother refused to give him some pocket money.

A sum of Rs 200,000 was also reported missing from the house after Siddhant disappeared from the scene of crime.

Victim was found dead in Prabhat Colony.

She is the wife of police inspector Dnyaneshwar Ganore, who was part of the team which probed the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, which has now been transferred to the CBI.

The 42-year-old cop is attached with Khar police station.

According to police, when Ganore returned home on Tuesday night after finishing his duty and found the doors of his apartment locked from inside, as per PTI.

He tried to call his wife but her cell phone was switched off.

Later, he opened the flat himself from outside and found Deepali lying in a pool of blood, police had said.

He had also found a message written on the floor using victim's blood saying - “Tired of her. Catch me and hang me”. 

(With Agency inputs)