Body was found on rail tracks at Dadar 14 months ago and GRP was struggling to find the identity
The Finger Print Bureau of Mumbai police identified the man as Vikas Kumar Verma, a 35-year-old history-sheeter. Representation pic
Soon after taking charge as the GRP commissioner in May, Ravindra Sengaonkar asked the officers to approach the Finger Print Bureau of Mumbai police to establish his identity. "The fingerprint samples were sent to the bureau six months back and the report was received last week," Pandhare said on Thursday. The bureau identified the man as 35-year-old Vikas Kumar Verma, he said.
Verma lived on the footpath near Tilak bridge at Dadar, said the police, adding that he was a history-sheeter and several cases were registered against him at different GRP posts. Pandhare said the GRP, "after the identification, cremated Verma according to the Hindu rituals as no one came to claim the body."
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