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A tiny piece of paper and a chance meeting with a patient helped the Nizampura police in Bhiwandi crack the murder of a 48-year-old man who worked in a pearl workshop and led to the arrest of an ‘eyewitness’ who wasn't.

The police with the help of forensic experts at KEM Hospital identified the victim of the 2018 murder as small-time businessman Bindresh Prajapati. This led to the arrest of his wife and others

Prima facie, it appeared to be a case of a robbery gone wrong, and the police registered a murder case and began their investigation without any lead.

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The hunt for the person who killed an elderly woman and dumped her body in Navi Mumbai’s Uran leads the police to crack another murder case – that of the murdered woman’s daughter.

A medical test conducted on Kamalkant Shah showed excessive traces of thallium and arsenic. The police arrested his wife Kavita for allegedly poisoning him, leading to his death.

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To ascertain the identity of a body found near a public toilet on the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road in May 2019, the police went through the voters’ list of over 3 lakh people from Shivaji Nagar and Deonar.

A 36-year-old caterer was arrested on charges of murdering a woman he was having an affair with. He chopped her body into parts and discarded them at three locations in Chembur, the police said.