Adnan Patrawala murder case

Adnan Patrawala
Born Adnan Patrawala
(1990-09-21)21 September 1990
Mumbai
Disappeared August 18, 2007 (aged 16)
Inorbit Mall, Malad, Mumbai[1]
Died 19 August 2007(2007-08-19) (aged 16)[2]
Palm Beach road, Navi Mumbai[2]
Cause of death Homicide[1]
Body discovered Palm Beach road, Navi Mumbai[1]
Citizenship India
Home town Mumbai
Parent(s) Aslam Patrawala (father)

Adnan Patrawala was the teenage son of a Mumbai businessperson (India). On 18 August 2007, Adnan was kidnapped for ₹2 crore (US$300,000) ransom. He was murdered the next day when news of the kidnapping broke on national TV and print media.[1]

Accused

Following are the accused and their age at the time of the incident;[2]

# Name Age
01 Sujit Nair 28
02 Ayush Bhat 18
03 Rajeev Dharaiya n/a
04 Amit Kausha n/a
05 Khimesh Kishor Ambawat 17

4 of them were released as they were innocent.

Killing

By the time the kidnappers made a ransom call, the kidnapping made national news so Adnan's kidnappers strangled him and dumped his body in Palm Beach road, Navi Mumbai and took local trains home.[1]

Trial & verdict

On 30 Jan 2012, Mumbai sessions court acquitted four of the five accused. The prosecution failed to prove its case. Aslam Patrawala (father) said that he would appeal in a higher court.[1][3] Being a juvenile, the fifth accused was tried by the Juvenile Justice Board.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Five facts". NDTV. Retrieved Jan 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Disappearance news". DNA. Retrieved Jan 2012.
  3. ↑ "Verdict". Two circles. Retrieved Jan 2012.
  4. ↑ "Juvenile". The Times of India. Retrieved Jan 2012.
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