Debt ridden jeweller held for murdering goldsmith

Mumbai | Thursday | 16th May, 2019

Summary:

Four days after a 27-year-old goldsmith, Nitesh Soni, was found murdered and lying in a pool of blood in his workshop on Saturday evening, the Dindoshi police arrested his relative, Hemant Soni (28) for the crime. "Hemant while giving his confession told that he wanted to expand his business had taken a loan of Rs 15 lakhs. Also, he started spending money at dance bars so he was running poor on financial and professional grounds. He has been booked under for murder (section 302), causing disappearance of evidence (section 201) and robbery (section 397) under the IPC. The arrest was made on Tuesday from Rajasthan, where Hemant was hiding at his native place..