Cops close to solving headless murder case

MARGAO, FEB 11 : The Maina Curtorim police seem to have finally cracked the sensational headless body murder case, with the police recovering the remnants of burnt pieces of fat, hair and ash of bones at Xelvona-Quepem on Friday.
A police team headed to Xelvona at the instance of accused Nitin Bhonsle, who police said was one of the occupants of the car on that fateful night.
Margao Sub-divisional Police officer, DySP Umesh Gaonkar said that the police found burnt hair, pieces of fat and ash of bones at the spot, which is some meters away from the Novadut factory.
As far as the skull is concerned, DySP Gaonkar said the skull is either taken away by the accused or might have been taken by animals. “The police dog, which was pressed into service at Xelvona led the team to a distance of 50 meters in the bushes”, he said.
Replying to a question, he said though the possibility of animals taking away the skull is not ruled out, the arrests of the two accused persons, Vinod Kumar Yadav and another accused from Mumbai, will finally throw light on the skull.
He, however, said that the burnt hair, pieces of fat and ash of bones will be dispatched to Forensic laboratory, adding that the police had already taken DNA samples of the body of the deceased.
“We had preserved DNA samples from the dead body after it was found lying abandoned sans the head at Nessai. The samples will be sent to the Forensic laboratory for testing”, he added.
Replying to another question, DySP Gaonkar said the police has cracked the case and the Maina Curtorim police led by PI Sidhant Shirodkar are now collecting pieces of evidence in support of the case.  “The police on the look out for the two absconding accused, Vinod Kumar Yadav and the native of Mumbai”, he added.
He further said the police are trying to find out from the accused where exactly they had kept the deceased for one full day after his abduction from Benaulim on the night of January 9-10, before his body was found abandoned at Nessai.
 on January 11.
The Maina Curtorim police had on Thursday recovered a chopper, koita and a knife from a river at Dabal-Kirpal in Sanguem taluka at the instance of one of the accused.