Updated On: 30 May, 2023 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Probe shows killer caretaker came out of jail in 2020 and immediately joined a joined a home care company, which placed him with his victim thanks to missing criminal records

Periyar stole a gold chain before the alleged murder
The company which hired caretaker Krishna Manbahadur Periyar, 25, who murdered senior citizen, Murlidhar Naik, 85, had not got his police verification done, the Santacruz cops have found. The DCP zone 9 has ordered action against the company stating it is equally responsible for the murder.
The police said Health Care at Home India at Sakinaka, only verified Periyar through an application that has a database of court cases. During investigation the police found this company didn’t inform the Sakinaka police or the Santacruz police before sending him to work as a caretaker at the Naik residence.