Mumbai police now believe that the murders of Bollywood starlet Laila Khan and her five family members were pre-meditated. Police have recovered remains of six people, believed to be that of Khan and her family members.
The mystery of the missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan and her family was resolved Wednesday with police announcing the discovery of six skeletons and arresting her stepfather for the murders.
Although Parvez Tak had confessed to killing the actor and her five family members in a fit of rage, Mumbai Police said the murders could have been pre-planned.
Making a breakthrough in the case that had baffled everyone for months, the Crime Branch recovered the skeletons from Laila Khan's farmhouse in Igatpuri near Nashik, around 130 km (80 miles) from Mumbai.
Preliminary forensic reports reveal that five of the skeletons were of women and one of a man. Pieces of jewelry, synthetic clothing and underclothing were found on the skeletons.
According to police, Tak, the third husband of Laila Khan's mother Selina, said he first killed her (Selina) in a fit of rage. Laila and her siblings witnessed Selina's murder and so he killed them too, said police.
"Parvez Tak said he had a heated argument with Selina and killed her. Laila and her siblings were on the first floor and came down after hearing loud voices. He then killed them with the help of a watchmen (security guard), Shakir," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy told reporters.
Roy said police were not ruling out the possibility of the murders having being premeditated.
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