Mumbai Crime: Seven held for shooting man over gang rivalry in Dharavi

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At least seven persons, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man who was shot dead in the Dharavi area of central Mumbai, police said.

Investigations have revealed that the victim, Amir Anis Khan, was shot dead to establish the dominance of the gang 'K Company' in the Dharavi area, an official said. Two men allegedly fired eight rounds on Khan while he was answering nature's call in Dharavi on the morning of February 12, he said. Khan was murdered due to his rivalry with another local gang, which was trying to establish its dominance in the area, the official said.

The unit-5 of the Mumbai crime branch analysed social media accounts and old mobile phones of suspects during the probe, he said. Based on a tip-off, one of the accused was apprehended from Surat in Gujarat, while five others, including a woman, were nabbed from Mumbra, Kurla and Wadala, he said. Interrogations revealed that Kalim Rauf Sayyad, the leader of K Company gang, had conspired to eliminate Khan, the official said. Sayyad was already behind the bars in a drugs case and was booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) as well, he said.

The main accused had hatched the murder plan with his aides during a court hearing last month and they had obtained firearms from Aligarh and Kolkata, deputy commissioner of police (Detection) Neelotpal said. On the day of incident, two men shot Khan in Dharavi and fled on a motorcycle after committing the crime, the official said. Two pistols, a factory-made firearm and 15 rounds have been recovered from the accused, he added. The crime branch team has taken Sayyad's custody from prison in connection with the murder case for further probe, another official said.

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