A macabre discovery on Mumbai’s Juhu beach has sent shockwaves through the city. On February 10, Santa Cruz police retrieved a sack from Kolivada beach containing the mutilated, decomposing body of 30-year-old Anil Gaud, whose head was cleanly severed.
The find triggered immediate panic in the neighborhood, with residents fearing a serial killer on the loose. Officers sealed the site and began forensic analysis, concluding that the murder was deliberate and the body disposed of in the ocean to evade detection.
A case was filed under relevant BNS provisions against unidentified perpetrators. Identification efforts traced back to Malad’s Malwani area, confirming the victim as Anil Gaud, reported missing by his wife on February 4—delayed by nearly a week from his January 29 vanishing.
This suspicious lag in reporting has made the wife a prime suspect, leading to her custody. Questioning sessions are underway with her and Anil’s inner circle. Authorities are scrutinizing phone data, bank statements, and interpersonal dynamics to uncover if domestic strife, debts, or gang rivalries fueled the slaying.
As the investigation gains momentum, police anticipate breakthroughs that could expose a web of dark secrets behind this seaside atrocity.