"It was Rimple’s birthday on March 16 and like always, I wanted to give her something. So, I visited her on March 14 to know what she wanted,” Suresh Porwal, the brother of Veena Jain who was murdered allegedly by her daughter, told mid-day on Friday. However, Rimple did not let her uncle in and allegedly lied about her mother’s whereabouts. Porwal said he became suspicious of her behaviour and immediately went to the cops, who later discovered the gruesome murder.

The Jain family lived in Virar when Rimple’s father passed away in 2000, when she was just one-year-old. When she turned five, Porwal brought his sister Veena Jain and her daughter to the Lalbaug. Rimple turned 25 on March 16, he said. For the past 16 years, Veena’`s brothers who live nearby took care of the mother-daughter duo. “I fulfilled every wish of my niece and ensured that they had a comfortable life. I sponsored her education and made sure she never missed her father,” Porwal said.