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Eight bodies found in industrial estate in Bombay

Our Correspondent in Bombay

Eight persons were strangled to death in the premises of an industrial estate at Goregaon in northwest Bombay on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

The bodies were found on Thursday when a raw materials supplier went to the Rocky Industrial Estate to deliver goods to Poonam Plast Industry.

Police said the owner of the plastics firm, Daljit Choudhary, was among those killed.

The others killed were Choudhary's brother Devji, brother-in-law Jeba Ram and five workers from Choudhary's factory, whose identities were yet to be established.

A police officer told rediff.com that ropes had been tied around the necks of the men.

The attackers first killed the five labourers beginning Wednesday night. Daljit Choudhary was killed early on Thursday. His two kinsmen were strangled after 0930 IST on Thursday.

Police said Daljit Choudhary had received a telephone call at 0515 on Thursday, asking him to come to the factory immediately.

When he did not return home, Devji and Jeba Ram went to the industrial estate to find out what the matter was.

Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) Bhujang Mohite said combing operations had begun and the entire area had been cordoned off. Even vehicles passing through the area were being checked.

Local legislator Gajanan Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena, a former minister of state for home in the Maharashtra government, also rushed to the spot.

Police suspect some 'internal rivalry' to be the motive for the killings. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem.

The owners hailed from Rajasthan while the labourers were from Rajasthan and Punjab.

With additional reportage from UNI

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