One arrested, cops hunt for two suspects

For more than a year, he planned the killing of his girlfriend's husband hoping that she would get back with him if her husband is out of her life. On September 16, he killed the victim and dumped his body in the Poisar nallah, Kandivali east.

Five days ago, the Samta Nagar police discovered the body of Ghansham Vishwakarma (41) in the drain. They had registered a murder case as the victim's postmortem report confirmed strangulation.

On Tuesday, Kandivali crime branch officers arrested Shambahadur Yadav (31), boyfriend of the victim's wife, for the murder and are on the lookout for his friend Pramod Verma and another accomplice.

Verma, a resident of Daman, had allegedly taken the murder contract from Yadav after the latter promised him that he would pay for Verma's wedding.

The police said Yadav, who had come to Mumbai from Azamgarh in 2006, had been working for a bank as a sales officer. He used to take tuition classes for Vishwakarma's son and other children in the locality of their residence in Hanuman Nagar, Kandivali east. Police said Yadav had a relationship with Vishwakarma's wife. In 2010, when the woman's family learnt about the affair, Yadav was sacked and the woman broke up with him. Yadav, however, still wanted to marry her. Yadav was allegedly abused by Viswakarma, the police said.

In November 2011, Yadav had decided to kill Vishwakarma, who was a carpenter. He contacted his childhood friend Verma who stayed in Daman and asked for his help. On September 13, Verma, along with a friend, came to Mumbai and rented a room in Hanuman Nagar by paying a deposit of Rs 20,000 and said they would submit the documents after the house was renovated by the owner. The two, however, did not stay at the house. They bought a SIM card on forged documents using which they made a call to Vishwakarma asking him for a contract related to his profession. Vishwakarma, who suspected foul play, told his wife that he did not trust the caller and noted the number from which he had received the call.

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