The police have arrested two people for allegedly killing a 68-year-old retired jail official and disposing of his body after he demanded the money he had lent one of them. Anil Mohite had lent Rs 5 lakh to one of the accused and had been asking him to return the amount. He went missing after leaving home around 4 pm on April 12. Initially, the family thought he had gone to take a look at Ambedkar Jayanti preparations nearby. They panicked after he didn’t return home until midnight and after waiting for a day, registered a missing person case with the Badlapur West police.

A few days later, his son Amit was checking his documents and came across his bank passbook. He also came across a letter addressed to the bank with a ‘received’ stamp by the bank, stating that a cheque in his possession had been misplaced and he should be informed in case someone tries to encash it. On April 17, after Amit visited the bank and updated the passbook, he was shocked to see a transaction had been made after his father had gone missing.