South Mumbai builder who hatched plot to kill ex-partner held – Times of India

MUMBAI: A South Mumbai developer who hatched a plot to kill his ex-partner over a property dispute was arrested by Byculla police on Saturday.
Hifzur Rahman Ansari’s name cropped up in the investigation of a murder conspiracy. Hifzur was accused in the alleged drug frame-up case registered by MRA Marg police and his anticipatory bail is pending before the sessions court. Rahman was accused of planting a packet of 128gm of charas hidden inside a motorcycle of a social worker over a property dispute.
The fresh case pertains to an attack on Raju Sikander Lilodiya on May 1. Sikander had a narrow escape when three men with iron rods barged into his office at Dockyard Road and assaulted him. Police said Sikander’s cousin Imtiaz Kapadia overpowered an accused but the others fled.
Sikander was injured on his neck, hands and shoulders, Imtiaz and his employee handed over the accused to police. Sikander, one of the biggest wholesalers of nuts and bolts and has interest in construction, was admitted to JJ hospital, and told police he suspected his ex-partner. Sikander and Rahman locked horns over a property dispute.
Police on May 1 had arrested Wajid Shaikh under IPC sections for attempt to murder and assault. Shaikh spilled the beans on associates, Karim alias Shanu Khan, Saif Shaikh and Iliyas Bachkana. Within two days police arrested Khan and Saif Shaikh..
Police will produce Hifzur before a holiday court on Sunday.