A police team comprising officers from the Deonar and JJ Marg police stations raided his Wadala residence. They learnt that Bengali had been to his house and gone out after a shave and change of dress. He was looking for his wife who works as a domestic servant. The police party waited for him and re-arrested him when he returned at 3 pm.

Following a tip-off in a auto-thefts case, Bangali was arrested by the Deonar police on August 8. During the course of investigation, the police managed to recover threeauto-rickshaws from him. On September 21, Bangali was remanded to police custody.

Earlier this week, Bangali showed signs of illness. Following a diagnosis of jaundice, he was admitted to ward no 9 of the hospital on Thursday at 12.30 pm. ``Normally accused and undertrials are kept in ward no 46 which facilitates vigilance on the accused. However, Bangali was kept in ward no 9 and our guard had to sit outside,'' explained the assistant police inspector, P G Mandre, of the J J Marg police station.

Man shot dead at Dharavi

A 28-year-old youth from Dharavi was shot dead by three unidentified gunmen early on Saturday in the Dharavi hutments.

According to the police, around 5.15 am three assailants accosted Parshuram Yallapa Salvi, who was sleeping outside his residence at Dharavi and shot him at point blank range. Even as Salvi slumped on his bed, his assailants escaped on foot. The sound of the gunshot woke up the neighbours who rushed him to the nearby Lokmanya Tilak Muncipal Hospital at Sion.Salvi was declared dead before admission.

Although the Dharavi police has six cases of threats, assault and grievous hurt registered against Salvi, the police officer said that of late Salvi had turned a new leaf and had begun showing active interest in social work.