Nearly no clues in Palghar; cops probe sailor’s finances

With no tyre imprints and no one having seen a vehicle going into the jungles falling in the jurisdiction of Gholwad police station in Palghar police are scratching their heads over the mysterious death of 24yearold Indian Navy sailor Suraj Dubey The police however are currently probing the details of his bank accounts loans and trade in the stock market Dubey died of 90 per cent burns while being transported to Mumbai on SaturdaySuraj Dubeyrsquos paternal home in Palamu Jharkhand PicsHanif PatelCops probe financesThe police have formed eight teams some of which have gone to Coimbatore Tamil Nadu to probe the case Superintendent of Police Palghar district Dattatrey Shinde said that Dubey had three cellphones ldquoDubey was posted as a leading seaman at INS Agrani Coimbatore His family knew of the two cell phones which were switched off near Chennai airport but not of the third He bought the third one on January 23 in Jharkhand It was active till February 1rdquoldquoHe used it to trade in the share market through Astha Trading and Angel Broking companies Although he said he was kidnapped on January 30 R5000 were withdrawn using his card from an ATM in Chennai on February 1rdquo Shinde saidDubey had two bank accounts in SBI one of which is his salary account in the Colaba branch He had taken a personal loan of R843 lakh in 2019 and a handful of people had deposited money into the salary account ldquoAll the money was used for share and stock tradingrdquo Shinde said The R5000 was withdrawn from the second account Dubey had taken a Rs 575 lakh loan from a colleague He wanted to repay it after returning from leaverdquo SubDivisional Police Officer SDPO of Dahanu Dhanaji Nalawade is supervising the probePolicersquos suspicionsA senior officer from Palghar police said ldquoDubey told us that the kidnappers demanded a ransom of R10 lakh This is suspicious because why would the kidnappers demand money from the victim and not his family And why would the kidnapper drive 1400 km to reach a Palghar forest from Chennai We are working on solving the puzzlerdquo Another officer said those who lent money to Dubey are also being probedAn officer from the Navy also wondered why Dubey journeyed two days earlier than his reporting day if he were to travel by air ldquoHe could have left home on January 31 and reported to work on February 1 And why did he take a flight to Chennai There are multiple connecting flights from Hyderabad to Coimbatore Something is missing and the Palghar police must find out whatrdquo the officer saidDubey is survived by mother Kalindi Devi father Mithilesh and elder brother Neeraj Dubey Dubey had last contacted his mother and fiance mdash they were engaged during his monthlong leave in Palamu after reaching ChennaiMithilesh told midday that Commanding Officer Ashok Rai of INS Agrani did not cooperate when he approached him for help ldquoHad they searched for my son earlier he could have been aliverdquo he said CO Rai said ldquoHis father approached me on January 31 and I asked him to wait for a day as the joining date was February 1 When he did not report to office by afternoon we registered a missing complaint and started our internal investigationrdquo