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10th-grade student murdered by classmates in Thane; police crack Drishyam-style plot
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News18•17-10-2026, 08:29
10th-grade student murdered by classmates in Thane; police crack Drishyam-style plot
- •A 10th-grade student went missing in Thane, baffling police for 21 days as no body or direct evidence could be found.
- •Two minor classmates brutally murdered the victim to steal his gold chain, needing money for a birthday party and a new bike.
- •The accused acted heartbroken in front of the police and even recorded misleading statements to hide their crime.
- •To confuse investigators like in the movie Drishyam, the killers threw the victim's phone onto a moving bus to alter its location.
- •Police cracked the case through technical analysis and CCTV footage, leading to the arrest of the two 17-year-old suspects and recovery of the partially burned body.
Key Questions Answered
Thane police cracked the case after reviewing CCTV footage from 80 to 90 locations and performing technical analysis on mobile numbers, which revealed inconsistencies in a classmate's statement. Under renewed interrogation, the suspect confessed to the murder.
The two 17-year-old classmates plotted the murder to steal the gold chain around the victim's neck. One of the suspects needed money to buy a new bike, while the other wanted to fund his birthday celebration.
After stabbing and crushing the victim to death in the bushes of Brahmand Phase 2, the accused tried to burn the body and threw the victim's mobile phone onto a passing bus to confuse police with changing location tracking.
