Friday, September 08, 2006

Navi Mumbai: Nerul murder shrouded in mystery

[ 8 Sep, 2006 0316hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

NAVI MUMBAI: Twenty-six-year-old housewife Kamini Manojkumar Giri left home on an errand on Tuesday and never returned. Even as the Nerul police found her body on Thursday, they continue to search for her infant son.

After two nerve-wracking days, the Giri family of Nerul, as also the entire Oriya community here, were plunged into grief when Kamini's body was found in a pond along Palm Beach Road.

Even as the police were doing the panchanama, Kamini's distraught husband arrived at the scene and was so shocked by the sight of her body and overcome by emotion that he began vomiting. He was rushed to a local hospital immediately.

While the Nerul police located her bloated body in the pond, there is still no sign yet of the couple's nine-month-old son. The two had been last seen at around 11.30 am on Tuesday.

Kamini had taken the boy along with her when she left their Gharkul society residence in Sector 16, Nerul, to buy some medicines. A missing complaint had been subsequently lodged at the Nerul police station by her husband.

The police themselves discovered the body in the pond. The grieving Giri family is now waiting for news of how Kamini died. "We will get the post-mortem report on Friday and only then can we comment on the cause of death," said the deputy commissioner of police (Zone 1), Amar Jadhav. Kamini's father-in-law Surendra Giri has told TOI, "There was no marital dispute between the husband and wife, and all of us were living very normally in Nerul. Only God knows how this has happened."

The entire Oriya community of Navi Mumbai has expressed shock at the mysterious death of the housewife, who was known to regularly interact with other members of the community.

"Kamini would without fail attend the holy satsangs in Nerul that were organised by the Oriya community. This tragedy in the Giri household has shaken everyone in Navi Mumbai," said one Oriya, S Das.

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