Overview
- The victim was identified as 25-year-old Qadir Karam Hussain Shaikh, a ragpicker from the Mandala area of Mankhurd.
- He was found on November 20 in a dried drain opposite Juinagar railway station and was declared dead at NMMC Hospital, Vashi.
- An accidental-death entry was revised after a post-mortem revealed severe head injuries from a blunt object.
- Police detained 27-year-old Raju Jabbar Mandal on December 11, and investigators say he admitted striking Shaikh with a stone after a dispute involving his wife.
- Nerul police registered a murder case under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita as crime branch teams continue follow-up investigation.