The son of a Mumbai police inspector, who murdered his own mother at his house in Santacruz late on Tuesday night, has been arrested Mumbai Police and remanded to police custody till June 2.
Siddhant Ganore, 22, son of inspector Dnyaneshwar Ganore and Deepali Ganore, was detained by Jodhpur Police on Thursday.
Public prosecutor, Melind Nerlikar while demanding maximum custody for Siddhant Ganore said, "It has been established that the accused has committed cold blooded murder of his mother. He has stabbed the deceased nine times. Murder weapon has been recovered. We demand maximum days of police custody."
The victim Deepali Ganore was found dead at her Vakola residence in suburban Santacruz by her husband.
Police inspector Dnyaneshwar Ganore was part of the team probing the Sheena Bora murder case. He also headed the team, which arrested prime accused in the case, Indrani Mukerjea.
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Siddhant Ganore, who has been absconding since his mother's murder, was detained from a hotel by the Jodhpur police in Rajasthan.
According to a police officer, when inspector Dnyaneshwar Ganore came back to his residence in Prabhat Colony at around 2 am on May 24, he found his wife Deepali lying in a pool of blood with her throat slit and his son's mobile phone nearby.
Officers investigating the case had told India Today that after murdering his mother and writing the note using Deepali's blood saying "I am tired of her. Catch and hang me", the accused son Siddhant Ganore went to the bathroom and took a shower.
He later left the house with Rs 2 lakh in cash.
He was brought to Mumbai on Friday and produced before Bandra Court. Vakola police will take forensic evidence to make their case strong.
Investigating officer, API Sanjay Pawar told the court that exact motive of the murder is yet to be determined. "Whether the murder happened only because she was harassing him or there are other reasons that is yet to be found. Also he has written a note with blood of the deceased. We have to taken fingerprints samples of the accused to prove it," Pawar told the court.
A case of murder has been registered against Sidhhant. Cops said that Sidhhant claims that he was frustrated by his mother's interference in his studies. They also said that Sidhhant was not doing well in his exams and his mother was pressuring him to study well.
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