Mumbai: The Crime Branch of Mumbai Police on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against gangster Vijay Palande in connection with the kidnapping and murder case of the aspiring producer Karan Kumar Kakkad.
Sources in the Crime Branch said the 1,042-page charge sheet was filed against Palande, his wife and model Simran Sood and another accused Dhananjay Shinde.
"The charge sheet also consists of the statement of 105 witnesses, besides medical and forensic evidences against the trio," a source said.
According to police, Sood and Palande had befriended Kakkad to allegedly grab his property. Police also said that later, Palande came to know that Kakkad was into cricket betting and had lost Rs 2 crore and Palande and others hatched conspiracy to eliminate him and usurp his property....
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10:47 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police Crime Branch on Friday filed its chargesheet in the murder case of Arun Kumar Tikku, the father of Actor Anuj Tikku. Accused Vijay Palande, Dhananjay Shinde, Gajkosh and small time model Simran Sood have been charged of criminal conspiracy and murder. In its 630-page chargesheet, the police claimed that Tikku was murdered so that Palande could get his hands on a flat owned by his son....
07:30 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Mumbai: Delhi-based businessman and aspiring producer Karan Kakkar pleaded for a peaceful death before his killer Vijay Palande, and that is why the latter forced him to consume sleeping pills. The Crime Branch investigating the case of Vijay Bhimajirao Palande who allegedly killed Kakkar and smalltime actor Anuj Tikkus father Arun, has learnt that Kakkar had begged Palande to spare him a painful end. According to Crime Branch sources, Palande...
12:09 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: Stock broker Gautam Vora was on Monday granted bail by the Bombay High Court in the murder cases of Delhi-based businessman Arun Kumar Tikku and aspiring film producer Karan Kakkad. Vora was arrested in April for allegedly sheltering gangster Vijay Palande alias Karan Sood, the key accused in twin murders, when he escaped from police custody. The High Court granted Vora bail on a surety of Rs 30,000. The...
04:57 PM, May 14, 2012
Mumbai: The Crime Branch is likely to take DNA samples from Karan Kakkars murder accused Vijay Palande and Simran Sood, and match it against the DNA received from supermodel Viveka Babajees nails. In a parallel incident, cops also salvaged half of Kakkars corpse from the Kumbharali Ghat in Ratnagiri. This will now be matched against DNA obtained from bloodstains found in Karan Kakkars bathroom. Palande in his statement had admitted...
02:27 PM, May 01, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai Crime Branch officers fear that they dont yet have a sufficient number of eyewitnesses to build a rock-solid case against the four accused " Vijay Palande, Simran Sood, Manoj Gajkosh and Dhanjay Shinde " in the double murder cases of Karan Kakkar and Arun Tikku. Officers of the department revealed that they have secured 15 witnesses for both the cases, which they believe is an insufficient number. They...
12:05 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Mumbai: Model Simran Sood, who was held in connection with the murder case of aspiring producer Karan Kakkar, was on Friday arrested for her suspected role in the murder case of Delhi-based businessman Arunkumar Tikku as well, police said. Sood was produced in the court as her custody in the Kakkar case ended on Friday and the magistrate remanded her to judicial custody. However, she was soon arrested in the...
01:17 PM, Apr 27, 2012
Mumbai: Model Simran Sood who was held in connection with the murder case of aspiring producer Karan Kakkad was on Thursday arrested for her suspected role in the murder case of Delhi-based businessman Arunkumar Tikku as well, police said. Sood was produced in the court as her custody in the Kakkad case ended on Thursday and the magistrate remanded her to judicial custody. However, she was soon arrested in the...
11:20 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Mumbai: There were about 1,700 calls exchanged between stock broker Gautam Vora who was arrested on Monday for allegedly giving shelter to gangster Vijay Palande and Palande's wife Simran Sood, police said. Palande, a key accused in the murder of Delhi-based businessman Arunkumar Tikoo(67) and aspiring producer Karan Kumar Kakkar, had escaped on April 10 from the police jeep and Vora was picked up by police for helping Palande after...
12:34 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Mumbai: There were about 1,700 calls exchanged between stock broker Gautam Vora who was arrested on Monday for allegedly giving shelter to gangster Vijay Palande and Palande's wife Simran Sood, police said. Palande, a key accused in the murder of Delhi-based businessman Arunkumar Tikoo(67) and aspiring producer Karan kumar Kakkad, had escaped on April 10 from the police jeep and Vora was picked up by police for helping Palande after...
11:11 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Mumbai: Why did stockbroker Gautam Vora go out of his way to allegedly provide material and logistical support to a murder accused on the run? After Voras arrest on Monday, Crime Branch officers are now sleuthing to determine if he is in any way connected to Karan Kakkars murder. Cops have not ruled out the theory that Vora may have instigated the prime accused Vijay Palande to bump off Kakkar....
12:35 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Mumbai: Cops now have reason to believe that late international model Viveka Babajee, who took her own life in 2010, may have been driven to suicide over Simran Soods growing closeness to her then boyfriend, financial stockbroker and socialite Gautam Vora. Police sources suspect that Simran could well be the reason behind the unexpected suicide by the well-known ramp model. Babajee had been found hanging from the ceiling in her...
12:48 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Mumbai: The arrest of Vijay Palande in the Tikku murder case has helped the Mumbai Police crack two murder cases. The two cases include that of aspiring producer Karan Kakkar. The arrest of his 'wife' and small time actress Simran Sood, has also revealed the gang's modus operandi. Police say Palande and Simran used to identify wealthy single men and then murder them for their properties. Simran's involvement has raised...
07:40 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Mumbai: The probe into two separate instances of murder of citizens from Delhi has revealed that former gangster and prime accused Vijay Palande used his model wife Simran Sood as a 'honeytrap' to commit the crimes for usurping properties of the victims, police said. "It has now emerged that Simran Sood is not Vijay Palande's friend but his wife. Both married in year 1998 or 1999. After the marriage, Palande...
10:07 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Mumbai: Ever since Delhi-based businessman Arun Tikkus savaged body was found in his Oshiwara apartment in Mumbai, cops have been hurtling from one shocking lead to another, as they unravel the mysteries surrounding the macabre events that led to the murders of two wealthy victims Arun Tikku and Karan Kakkar. Cops are presently sniffing around for clues to other crimes that follow the same pattern, on the hunch that Vijay...
03:52 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Mumbai: A shocking revelation made by the accused Vijay Palande in the sensational Karan Kakkar murder case points to a mystery neta, who was liaising with the two in a match-fixing racket. According to anonymous police sources, the relationship shared by Kakkar and Palande turned sour when the two turned from being co-partners in the racket to competitors. The final nail in the coffin of the unholy nexus came when...
03:34 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Mumbai: In the latest twist in the murder of aspiring film producer Karan Kumar Kakkad, a CCTV footage has emerged showing two of the main accused at a Mumbai shopping mall. The CCTV footage shows the two accused, Vijay Palande and Ganesh Shinde, at a shopping mall in Mumbai on March 9 where they allegedly used Kakkad's credit cards to make purchases. Police say Palande confessed that they murdered Kakkad...
06:10 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: Days after his arrest for allegedly masterminding TV actor Anuj Tikku's father's murder, Vijay Palande, who even claimed complete innocence in the case, made a shocking confession to another murder. Palande revealed on Monday that he killed and then dumped aspiring film producer Karan Kakkars body, following which cops have recovered disembodied parts from the forests at Kumbharli Ghat in Chiplun near Mumbai. While his severed head and an...
11:45 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: The young woman in the picture is Simran Sood, a small-time model-cum-actress and accomplice of Vijay Palande alias Karan Sood. Cops say she was often used as a honeytrap by Vijay, who is currently behind bars. So are his aides Dhananjay Shinde and Manoj Gajkosh, in connection with the murder of senior citizen Arun Tiku. And yet, had police managed to puzzle out the kidnapping case of Karan Kumar...
12:46 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Mumbai: There seems to be a new development related to the high-profile Arun Tikku murder case. The girlfriend of Vijay Palande, accused in the Tikku murder case, has been arrested in connection with a kidnapping case. Palande's girlfriend Simran Sood is linked to a kidnapping that took place on March 5. Simran Sood has been arrested by the Amboli police. Simran is model and struggling Bollywood actor. The police are...
03:40 PM, Apr 13, 2012
