Thane: A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a 38-year-old Nepalese national accused of beheading his colleague and disposing off his remains at different places. Additional sessions judge at Kalyan Shaukat S Gorwade acquitted Rajeshkumar Nepali aka Yagnaprasad Kaluram Pukhrel (Jaisi) of charges under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code.
The judge in his order dated April 10 noted that the prosecution had failed to prove all the charges against the accused. According to the prosecution, the alleged accused worked at a Chinese eatery at Katrap on Badlapur-Karjat Highway. On April 14, 2017, the owners of the eatery and the staffers, including the victim Jagat Teghbahadu Shahi, had a party at the establishment, after which the owners left and the accused and the victim were the only persons left at the place.