City Ghajini was bankrupt

Guru Siddappa Waghmare the socalled ldquogold manrdquo who was brutally stabbed in a spa in Worli had been flaunting fake gold to create an impression in his locality The police said that all the gold ornaments on Waghmare were merely imitations Additionally his bank accounts were empty and he was almost bankruptWaghmare was found murdered inside the Soft Touch Spa located in Worli The Worli police recovered five heavy goldplated chains a bracelet and ten rings but all the jewellery was found to be fakeSpeaking to midday a police source said ldquoWaghmare had been wearing these fake gold ornaments since 2017 He purchased all this jewellery from a Dadarbased imitation jewellery shop that closely resembles real gold Waghmare had multiple girlfriends most of whom worked in spas and clubs He spent all his income on these girlfriends and never on his family Waghmare used to impress his girlfriends with these ornamentsrdquoWaghmare wearing the fake gold jewellery right Rohidas WaghmareldquoAfter Waghmarersquos murder police recovered all the heavy jewellery from his body inside the spa The jewellery was rechecked with local jewellers and confirmed to be fake Waghmare first brought this jewellery home in 2017rdquo a police source addedIn his locality Waghmare was seen as a hero impressing people with his fake jewellery All the residents and his girlfriends believed he was wealthy and had a lot of money in the bank Waghmare was an extortionist and also a police informant However the whereabouts of his money remain unknownPolice also recovered Waghmarersquos diary which he maintained daily but it did not mention the names of the people or sources from where he received moneyHowever he did record all his expenses including small bank transfersAccording to the police a locket of Rohidas Maharaj was found on one of his gold chains a locket of Lord Aai Tulja Bhavani on the second chain Lord Khandoba on the third and Gautam Buddha on the fourth One locket contained a lionrsquos nail and the rings had Navagraha inscriptionsCops also recovered a chain from the accused that was stolen after Waghmarersquos murder The chain has been sent to a jeweller for verification of its authenticityAdditionally the police discovered that Waghmare had purchased a secondhand car and was paying a R22000 EMI from his income Multiple bank accounts were found but all were emptyWaghmarersquos son Rohidas Waghmare said ldquoMy father was bankrupt and he didnrsquot leave any money for the family I sold my bike after my fatherrsquos death as we didnrsquot have money to run the house I am jobless My father spent all his money on his girlfriends but never saved money for the family We are in huge debt nowrdquoA police officer said ldquoThe fake jewellery also helped us trace the accused We discovered that the reason behind the murder was not a robbery but some personal revengerdquoIn the Waghmare murder case cops arrested Waghmarersquos girlfriend May Joseph spa owner Santosh Sherekar and contract killers Mohammad Ansari and Squid Ansari The cops found that the accused made a UPI payment near the pan shop to purchase something before the murder