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The Bombay police has solved the sensational killing of eight persons at a bangle factory in Goregaon on Friday evening by arresting five persons, Police Commissioner M N Singh announced on Saturday.
Singh said the murders were executed by Pankaj Bihari, Amarjeet Singh and Kailash Nepali and their accomplices Gulzar Singh, Joginder Singh and Ghulam. All but Ghulam have been arrested.
According to Singh, the main accused Pankaj was employed with Dahelji Ram Prasad at the bangle factory. Dahelji was among those murdered.
Pankaj was in love with Helen who was employed in a nearby unit.
However, Helen's brother disapproved of the relationship.
In order to discourage the affair, he told Pankaj that he should have at least Rs 100,000 to get married to Helen.
It was then that Pankaj, in connivance with the others, hatched a plot to coerce money out of Dahelji.
After forcing Dahelji to sign a blank cheque, they killed him.
Later, Pankaj and the others killed the labourers in the factory because they were eye-witnesses to the incident.
On Friday, Pankaj withdrew Rs 1,30,000 from Dahelji's bank account. Then he called up Helen's place.
Having heard about the affair during the course of the investigation, police had tapped her phone and managed to trace the call.
Meanwhile, the withdrawal of the huge amount soon after Dahelji's death had made the bank cashier suspicious. He reported the transaction to his seniors.
Both these factors worked against Pankaj and his accomplices.
A trap was laid and the accused were arrested at Helen's place.
The police had initially said that they suspected a property dispute to be the cause of the murders.
"We had firm information that the love affair had led to the murders. We harped on the property angle only to mislead the accused," Singh explained.
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