<p>The Mumbai Police said on Friday that it has solved the murder case of a young woman advocate, Pallavi Purkayastha, who was killed on Thursday morning.<br /><br /></p>.<p> The police said security guard Sajjad Ahmed Mughal had been arrested stating that the murder was possibly a case of “crime of passion.”<br /><br />The murder of the girl, daughter of senior IAS officers posted in Delhi, sparked off an outcry with local media baying for immediate arrest of the culprit. <br /><br />Under tremendous pressure, the crime branch, in a packed press conference, held here late afternoon, alleged that Sajjad Moghul, from Uri in Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir has confessed to his crime.<br /><br />However, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy hastily added that “it is too early to give a clean chit to other suspects.” <br /><br />The other suspects in the murder that has baffled the entire city are the victim’s friend Avik Sengupta who found the body, lift tender and other watchmen.<br /><br />On the issue of possible sexual assault, Roy said that while the post-mortem has not revealed any injuries, “there was an evidence of struggle which may have been a result of a possible sexual attack. The scene of crime as well as superficial bruises on Khan’s forearms indicate that she (Pallavi) had put up a brave fight before sustaining multiple stab wounds.”<br /></p>
<p>The Mumbai Police said on Friday that it has solved the murder case of a young woman advocate, Pallavi Purkayastha, who was killed on Thursday morning.<br /><br /></p>.<p> The police said security guard Sajjad Ahmed Mughal had been arrested stating that the murder was possibly a case of “crime of passion.”<br /><br />The murder of the girl, daughter of senior IAS officers posted in Delhi, sparked off an outcry with local media baying for immediate arrest of the culprit. <br /><br />Under tremendous pressure, the crime branch, in a packed press conference, held here late afternoon, alleged that Sajjad Moghul, from Uri in Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir has confessed to his crime.<br /><br />However, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy hastily added that “it is too early to give a clean chit to other suspects.” <br /><br />The other suspects in the murder that has baffled the entire city are the victim’s friend Avik Sengupta who found the body, lift tender and other watchmen.<br /><br />On the issue of possible sexual assault, Roy said that while the post-mortem has not revealed any injuries, “there was an evidence of struggle which may have been a result of a possible sexual attack. The scene of crime as well as superficial bruises on Khan’s forearms indicate that she (Pallavi) had put up a brave fight before sustaining multiple stab wounds.”<br /></p>
