Unidentified persons kill trailer driver in Navi Mumbai; police launch probe

A 37yearold trailer driver has been killed allegedly by unidentified persons in Navi Mumbai township of Maharashtra police said on Wednesday reported news agency PTIThe incident took place on Sunday and after the postmortem report which indicated internal injuries to the trailer driver in Navi Mumbai the police on Wednesday registered a case on charges of murder against the unidentified culprits an official from Uran police station said reported PTIThe trailer driver in Navi Mumbai Arvind Nandlal Yadav hailing from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh resided in Nhava Sheva area of Navi Mumbai reported PTIOn Sunday night he was having dinner at a roadside eatery in Uran area when some persons allegedly dragged him out of the place and beat him to death the official said adding the motive behind the killing was not yet known reported PTIThe body was sent for postmortem and initially a case of accidental death was registeredAfter the autopsy report indicated internal injuries and based on a complaint by the victims family members the police registered a case under Indian Penal Code sections 302 murder and 34 common intention the official said reported PTIA probe was on into the caseIn another incident Mumbai Police on Tuesday recovered the skull of a 12yearold boy whose headless body was found in mangroves in Wadala area nearly 35 days after he went missing an official said reported PTIThe boy identified as Sandeep Yadav had been missing since January 28 after he went out with one Bipul Sikari also a resident of Wadala A day before Sandeeps headless body was found reported PTIPolice said when Sandeeps father Bechai Yadav and others had confronted Sikari he had told them that he handed over the boy to a transgender person reported PTISikari was thrashed and was subsequently taken to Wadala Truck Terminus police station A cop told him to wash the blood but Sikari fled taking advantage of the circumstances the official said reported PTIThe deceased Sandeep was the only child of the Yadav couple born 14 years after their marriageMeanwhile police registered a case of kidnapping and continued the search for the boyPolice were informed on Monday that a headless body was lying in mangroves in the Wadala creek area the official added reported PTIThe deceased boy was identified by his father with the help of his clothes footwear and a kada he was wearingDuring a search on Tuesday police found the skull lying 1520 feet away from the spot where the corpse was found earlier reported PTIPolice have added sections 302 Punishment for murder and 201 causing disappearance of the evidence of the offence of the Indian Penal Code and formed teams to nab SikariAccording to the official Sikari is a resident of West Bengal and was arrested in a murder case earlier reported PTIHe had jumped parole in the previous murder case and came to Mumbai the official saidWith inputs from PTI