The accused in the lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha murder case on Wednesday filed a bail application in the sessions court, contending that there was no evidence against him. Sajjad Mughal (22), a native of Jammu and Kashmir who was employed as a security guard at 'Himalayan Heights' in suburban Wadala, killed Pallavi inside her flat on August 9, 2012, after she resisted his advances, according to the police. ...
10:27 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Over four months after the murder of the city-based lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, allegedly by the watchman of her building, the prosecution on Thursday slapped attempt to rape charge against him. ...
07:42 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Mumbai: Police on Tuesday filed a chargesheet in the Pallavi Purkayastha murder case. Pallavi was found in a pool of blood at her rented flat in 'Himalayan Heights' building at Wadala in Central Mumbai in August this year. She was allegedly murdered by her watchman who had tried to sexually abuse her. Pallavi (25), daughter of IAS officer Atanu Purkayastha, joint secretary in the Agriculture ministry, was found lying in...
05:40 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: The alleged killer of the Mumbai lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, security guard Sajjad Ahmed was on Saturday sent to police custody till August 17. The Mumbai Crime Branch has said that private guards are now under its scanner as this was the third murder of a woman in an apartment in the city. In Pallavi's case, the crime branch is likely to book Sajjad's agency under the Security Agencies...
01:07 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Mumbai: Sajjad Ahmed, the security guard who admitted to killing lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha at her Mumbai residence, will be produced in court on Saturday. Ahmed reportedly slit Pallavi's throat after a failed rape attempt. He told police that he had wanted to take revenge as Pallavi had yelled at him a few days ago. Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Mumbai Himanshu Roy said, "The motive is perversion, heinous perversion. This...
11:25 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Mumbai: The bloodstains on the 16th floor of the Himalayan Heights building tell the story of how 25-year-old lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha made desperate attempts to get help, while she was being savagely attacked. Sajjad Ahmed, the guard at the building in Mumbai's suburb of Wadala was arrested and he has allegedly confessed to killing Pallavi. Joing Commissioner of Police, Crime, Mumbai Himanshu Roy said, "The motive is perversion, henios perversion....
07:39 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Mumbai: Joint commissioner of Mumbai police (crime) Himanshu Roy on Friday said that 25-year-old woman lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha who was found dead in her Mumbai flat on Thursday, was killed by her building guard Sajjad Pathan, calling it was an act of perversion. "It was an act of perversion. Robbery does not seem to be the motive. This was a cold blooded murder. Accused seemed to be planning the murder...
05:00 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police claims to have cracked the murder of 25-year-old lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha. The police have said that the security guard, Sajjad Pathan, first attempted to rape the victim. When she resisted, he hit her with a blunt object before slitting her throat with a knife when she tried to ring her neighbour's doorbell for help. The police also suspect that Pathan tinkered with electric supply to get...
12:23 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police claims to have cracked the murder of a 25-year-old lawyer, Pallavi Purkayastha. The security guard of the apartment building where she lived has been arrested after he confessed to the murder. Identified as Sajjad Pathan, the guard has reportedly told the police that he killed her simply because she had yelled at him a few days back. Pathan said he decided to attack her at night...
08:04 AM, Aug 10, 2012
