The Mumbai police investigating the murder case of aspiring film producer Karan Kakkad have stumbled upon the truth that the victim was a widely known name within the bookie world, and regularly used his accomplice, small- time actress and model Simran Sood, as bait to lure potential clients, oblivious to the truth that the femme fatale was in turn providing details about him to Vijay Palande and helping the criminal plot his murder.
Police sources have revealed that Simran had ingratiated herself with Kakkad only to extract information from him about his alleged match-fixing deals and the profits he created from them. She would carefully document all of Kakkad’s dealings.
According to the police, Simran had informed Palande concerning the details of Kakkad’s dealings, and the huge amounts of money flowing out and in of his accounts. This, of course, provided sufficient motive for Palande to devise Kakkad’s murder.
“Kakkad have been coping with a couple of bookies and betting quite a lot of money on matches. We've got learnt that the bookies knew him by the name of Prince,” said Pratap Dighavkar, DCP (zone IX).
Cops have also learnt that Palande had taken a loan of Rs 15 lakh from Kakkad, at the pretext of helping out a pal in need.
In February, Simran learnt that Kakkad had nailed a deal which added crores to his coffers. Interested in acquiring the entire amount, Palande started hatching plans for the murder.
At one point, Kakkad had taken Simran to Delhi to make use of her as bait and crack a care for a builder. The venture was successful.
“Thanks to Simran, Palande knew that Kakkad would have a minimum of Rs 4-5 lakh stashed in his car at any given point, so he planned to snatch Kakkad’s BMW,” said an officer from the Crime Branch.
Cops also revealed that Kakkad would frequently liaise with several other small-time models. The police will now investigate if Kakkad have been using them too as bait for his various dubious deals.
Both Palande and Simran, in conjunction with two other accomplices Manoj Jadhav and Ganesh Shinde, are in police custody.
Courtesy: Mid-Day.com
