Updated On: 18 February, 2023 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
The float was used by locals, kin and for Ganpati visarjan after the alleged murder in 2021, says family of accused Mithu Singh

The ring (circled) is seen at the Ganpati visarjan point in Bandra, in September 2022; (right) Mithu Singh
The bloodstain on a seized lifebuoy is that of a 31-year-old family member who bleeds easily because of varicose vein condition, said the kin of Mithu Singh who has been arrested for allegedly killing an MBBS student. “The family member would often take the buoy to take a dip in the sea,” the family added.
Unit 09 of Mumbai police’s crime branch claimed that Singh murdered the 22-year-old MBBS student at Bandstand in Bandra in November 2021 and dumped her body in the sea. However, they have not found the body yet. Cops suspect the bloodstain on the buoy, seized 15 months after the alleged murder, is of the woman.