Servants could only rob Rs 5,000 after killing 2

Cops estimate the two servants from Nepal suspected of murdering woman and driver could not find much to steal; police dispatch teams to border before the accused can cross over

A massive manhunt has been launched for the two domestic helps from Nepal, prime suspects in the double murder case in Juhu, who may try to cross the border to escape arrest, cops said.

After MiD DAY reported yesterday ('Woman, help killed by 2 other servants') about the murder of 43-year-old Kavita Suchak and her driver Prashant Bagve (35) at the former's Jai Jagdish apartment on Road No 5, JVPD scheme, Juhu.

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Teksingh Badila and Ramsingh Badila, the
main suspects in the Juhu double murder case

The accused, Teksingh Badila and Ramsingh Badila, who had been working for Suchak for the past seven years, expected to find gold and cash worth lakhs, but ended up robbing not more than Rs 5,000 from the house, as they could not open the safe.

Senior PI Pratap Dighavkar said that Yogesh told the police over the phone that they were not into the habit of keeping much cash and gold at home.

It also seems that even though the two servants had been working for a long time, they were not aware where the Suchaks kept their cash and valuables.

"The house had been ransacked. The duo had tried to break the safe in the cupboard but did not succeed. However, we have not been able to ascertain exactly how much cash and valuables have been stolen.

It is only after Yogesh comes back would we be able to know what all has gone missing," said VS Mhetre, assistant sub-inspector of Juhu police station.

Officials added that primary investigations point that not more than Rs 4,000-5,000 has been stolen.
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"The servants were staying in hutments behind Suchak's apartment but they have been missing since the crime. If the accused flee to Nepal, their arrest will be next to impossible (see box).
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We are trying our best to arrest them before they succeed in crossing the border," an officer from Juhu police station said.

The police have formed several teams and sent them to different parts of the country to track down the accused.
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"One team is trying to get leads on the accused with the help of some of the gorkhas who were known to the accused, while another team is keeping tabs on their relatives," the officer added.
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"We have circulated their photographs across the city and to the police stations adjoining Nepal's border. We have also alerted the Border Security Force (BSF)."

The incident
Kavita's husband Yogesh, a financial consultant, had been in the US for the last 10 days.u00a0 A mother of three, she was alone in the house with her three servants on Wednesday. Her children had gone to school.

According to the police, the duo tied the driver Prashant Bagve (35), who had been working with the Suchaks for 14 years, with tape, and strangulated him before proceeding to the bathroom where they hit Suchak on the head with a sickle.

No treaty with Nepal
According to the Mumbai police, India has no extradition treaty with Nepal and it will be a tough task to arrest the accused from across the border.
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The Nepal government has known to be harsh with the Indian police in the past.
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In the late '90s, some policemen from Thane city were sentenced imprisonment for carrying their service revolvers in Nepal, when they went there to arrest some murder accused.

A Crime Branch officer said on the condition of anonymity, "It is not that we have not arrested the accused from Nepal in the past.

In cases when the accused cross the border, we usually involve BSF jawans or the local touts (who are known to help the Nepalis to cross the border illegally).
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They, in turn, send their men to lure the accused to the border area on some pretext, and we arrest them."