Mumbai: A 40-year-old man was arrested by the Gorai Police on Thursday for the alleged murder of his minor son. Police said the accused, Bunty Rao, had a dispute with his wife and drowned their 10-year-old son after taking him out on the pretext of an outing.
Rao works as a photographer at Juhu beach. Police said he was having marital issues with his wife. The couple lived at Malwani with their son.
The incident occurred on Tuesday. Rao took his son from home and headed to Marve. They got into a ferry and reached Gorai. Rao and his son had food and soft drinks. Subsequently, he took his son to an isolated part of Gorai where he held the child’s head under the water till he drowned. Rao then left.
On Wednesday, the boy’s body washed ashore. Gorai police sent the body for an autopsy and started inquiring at police stations across the city whether a missing child had been reported. They found a missing complaint at Malwani police station made by the child’s mother. They contacted her and she identified the child’s body.
Subsequently, police started going through CCTV footage at Gorai. They found videos of Rao and his son together at Gorai on Tuesday. Lifeguards told the police they had asked Rao to leave from two locations which were risky for visitors.
Rao was interrogated and then arrested on charges of murder.
