Excerpt from Indian Express, reported by Mustafa Plumber,Mustafa Plumber on Jul 30, 2010 Read Full Article
The Crime Branch probe into the murder of Farid Tanasha, a close aide of gangster Chhota Rajan, has revealed that the alleged conspirators, Bharat Nepali and Vijay Shetty, were reportedly paid Rs 90 lakh to commit the crime at Tanasha’s Chembur house on June 2 this year.
The police said the hefty expenses were incurred because Tanasha was heavily guarded and accurate planning was required for the murder.
Police said the amount was paid by co-accused and small-time builder Dattatray Yashwant Bhakre in instalments, ostensibly for use by Nepali to force out tenants of a Chembur building, where Bhakre reportedly wanted to undertake a redevelopment project. A senior crime branch officer said, “The money spent on the execution of murder was distributed at different levels for different purposes like purchase of motorcycles for doing a recce, purchasing SIM cards, mobile phone and also arranging accommodation for shooters hired from Uttar Pradesh.”
