Khar murder: Court gives cops a dressing down

Even as Khar police investigating the murder of a 19yearold psychology student claimed on Thursday that accused Diya Padalkar is not cooperating in the investigation and blaming coaccused Shree Jogdhankar for the entire incident Her lawyer claimed that the case is of an accident and not murder The Bandra court was hearing the polices remand application for the accused duoDiya Padalkars family at Bandra court on ThursdayThe court also came down heavily on Khar police for not questioning Jogdhankar while he is admitted at Cooper hospital As the police claimed Padalkars noncooperation her lawyer Ashok Mishra said that the police need to tell the court what exactly occurred during the New Years Eve party Jogdhankars lawyer on the other hand said that police must explain his injuriesPadalkar is lyingIn their remand application the Khar police have said When we asked her about the entire crime sequence she put all blame on Jogdhankar Because Jogdhankar is in the hospital she is assuming that whatever she says we will believe it This is creating difficulties in the investigationDiya outside Bandra court on ThursdayThe remand application further stated When we asked where was she between 145 am and 215 am on the day of the incident she is only saying that she had a fight with the victim and was being beaten by her After that she says she does not know what happened When asked why she did not inform the partys organiser Yash Ahuja and her other friends about the fight or while she was going to the hospital she said that she was drunk The remand also mentioned that Padalkar lied about going to Hinduja hospital and then home by footShree JogdhankarMishra said they are ready to cooperate and that police custody is not required My client has been the deceaseds friend since they were four years old She could not in her wildest dreams have thought of harming her forget murdering her in their 14 years of friendship She never touched her at any occasion and she would not go to the extent of killing herDuring the lockdown Padalkar and the victim had an online bakery business Why would she harm her friend for a boy she met only in September last year Mishra added He also demanded counselling for her saying that shes stressed He added that she turned 18 on November 20 2020 and that she could not have achieved adulthood in just two months And that had the incident occurred two months earlier shed have been tried as a juvenileResponding to the claim of the incident being an accident the victims lawyer Trivankumar Karnani said its coldblooded murder The court also approved Karnanis application to be the intervener on behalf of the victims familyJogdhankars interrogationSpeaking to midday Padalkars lawyer Mishra said The court asked the investigating officer what has been done in seven days custody And why the second accused was not interrogated at the hospital when he was in his senses The investigating officer did not have an answer to thatJogdhankars lawyer Mahesh Vaswani said that they are ready to cooperate and that his statement can be recorded at the hospital with the managements permission After he left Bhagwanti Heights he too had multiple injuries He is very hefty while the deceased was thin So she could not have assaulted him to lead to such injuries There must be something else to the case which the police need to find out Vaswani told the courtThe police moved an application to detain Jogdhankar in the hospital to which the court pointed out that he is already in their custody If you wanted to interrogate him in the hospital you should have moved an application earlier the magistrate saidThe court extended the accused duos custody till January 12 Considering the submission nature of offence and gravity of the offence it is proper to grant custody for custodial interrogation the court said The Khar police also mentioned in their application that the case is serious in nature and is having an impact on the society where parents are anxious about the safety of their kids Police also mentioned that the two accused need to be confronted together to recreate the crime sceneIO changedAfter the victims kin met Home Minister Anil Deshmukh along with activist Asif Bhamla of Bhamla foundation on Wednesday the case being investigated by Police Inspector PI Dilip Utekar has been transferred to Khar senior PI Gajanan Kabdule Kabdule will appear as the investigating officer IO before the court for submission in the next hearing We are thankful to the home minister and Bhamla foundation for helping us get justice for my daughter the victims mother said14No of years Diya Padalkar and the victim had been friendsKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latestCrime National International and Hatke newshereAlso download the new middayAndroidandiOSapps to get latest updatesMidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news