The 10,000-page charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) contains the chilling testimony of Mansukh Hiran’s murderers. Hired by former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, the four men smothered the businessmen and held him tightly as he struggled for almost 15-20 minutes. After he died, they dumped his body in the Thane creek and had dinner at a dhaba.

The killers also used code words for Hiran — parcel. In the disclosure memo, one of the main accused and close aide of Sharma, Santosh Shelar, voluntarily informed the NIA about the route for recce and how they abducted Hiran and killed him inside the Tavera, and then dumped his body in the creek.