The Versova police arrested a 22-year-old boy for allegedly killing his 18-year-old female friend after a fight at his residence in Prem Nagar, Goregaon West, on April 25. Police said the accused killed the girl at his residence after strangulating her with a cable wire, then packed her body in a sack and threw it in the water at Madh beach.

The deceased has been identified as Sonam Shrikant Sukla, and the accused has been identified as Sabid Ansari, who was Sukla’s neighbour; the two knew each other since childhood. The accused had taken money from the deceased and had not been returning it. The police said that on the evening of April 25, Sukla demanded Rs 5,000 from the accused and threatened to file a police case against him. During the fight, Ansari returned Rs 2,000, but Sukla demanded the rest of the money.