Mumbai: Sibling slaughter marks black Friday

A chilling crime transpired in Malad West where a 40yearold man allegedly murdered his wife and brutally attacked his elder brother Following the violent actions the assailant fled the scene leaving his oneandahalfmonthold daughter behind locking the door of their bungalow onFriday afternoonThe incident unfolded on the ground floor of Marcus House plot number 15 Evershine Nagar Notably this is the same bungalow where the family of former MLA Chandrakant Gosaliya resides on the first floor Gosaliya and his family learned about the incident when the police arrived and broke open the doorThe victim identified as Chitra DrsquoSa 35 was discovered in a pool of blood in the bungalowrsquos hall with multiple injuries on her body Police also found a severely injured Damien DrsquoSa 45 lying on the bed He had wounds on the head and other parts of the body Damien was rushed to Oscar Hospital in Goregaon for treatmentThe scene of crime Marcus House at Evershine Nagar in Malad WestThe crime came to light when the maid Asha arrived at noon and was surprised to get no response after knocking on the door She alerted Damienrsquos wife Bindu whose workplace is about a kilometre away and would daily come to attend to her husbandmdashwho is highly diabetic and also undergoes dialysismdashduring her lunch break When Bindu arrived she noticed bloodstains outside the locked door She alerted the neighbours who informed the policeUpon learning about the incident senior police officials including Additional Commissioner of Police Rajiv Jain Deputy Commissioner of Police Ajay Kumar Bansal Assistant Commissioner of Police Renuka Bagde and the senior police inspector of Bangur Nagar police arrived at the scene The police conducted the panchanama and the body was sent for autopsy to the local government hospitalDuring the investigation it surfaced that the crime was committed by Drayson DrsquoSa the husband of Chitra DrsquoSa and younger brother of Damien Drayson managed to escape the house after disabling the CCTV cameraThe house search revealed broken glass utensils and pots indicating a violent confrontation No knife was found leading officials from Bangur Nagar police station to suspect that the assailant used glass pots as weaponsChitra the deceased was Draysonrsquos second wife married a couple of years ago and they had a oneandahalfmonthold daughter Originally from Pune Chitra worked in a call centre and lived with DraysonDrayson is currently absconding and multiple teams are actively searching for him The motive behind the murder remains unclear Drayson was involved in the secondhand car business and recently ventured into the car accessories business The process of registering a murder case is underway according to an officer from the Bangur Nagar police stationSecond caseIn another murder case in the Malwani Church area the Malwani police arrested a man for murdering his elder brother after a fight in the early hours of FridayAt 5 am the Malwani police received a call from the Sai Darshan society in Malwani Malad West reporting that 43yearold Joy John Paul was found dead on his bedThe 80yearold fatherof the deceased who is bedridden was present in the flat The police discovered the body of Joy on the bed that was stained with bloodThe police registered a murder case as they found a bloodstained rock in the society compound The investigation revealed that the third member of the Paul household Jose 38 was missing Neighbours informed the police about frequent fights between the brothersThe police learned that at 3 am on Friday the brothers had a violent fight during which Jose struck Joy on the head with a rock The two were then seen by the watchman stagger towards their house where they went to sleep The police have reasons to believe that two brothers were drunk and neither realised the severity of the injuryldquoWe registered a case of murder against Jose At 4 pm on Friday Jose was located in the locality where he was hidingrdquo said a police officer from Malwanipolice station Jose has been arrested under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code which deals with murder and the police are investigating the reason behindthe altercation between the two brothers45 daysAge of the baby that survived the tragedy at Marcus House