Kritika Chaudhary, the 28-year-old actress, who was found murdered at her Andheri home last month, was killed over Rs. 6000 that she owed to a local drug dealer, revealed sources in the Mumbai police recently.
Almost a month after a partially-clad Chaudhary was discovered dead under mysterious circumstances in her apartment, investigators, today announced the arrest of two men in connection with the crime.
As per sources, the two accused were captured on the CCTV footage of the actor’s building in Bhairavnath Housing Society in the Four Bungalows area of Andheri (West). The security guard at the building had also informed the Amboli police that the accused were the last to have visited Chaudhary, two to three days before her partially decomposed body was discovered.
“The two had visited Choudhary’s apartment to collect the money she owed them. However, the argument escalated and in a fit of rage, the accused hit Kritika with a knuckle duster, and left her bleeding. They put the apartment’s air conditioner so that it would suppress the smell, and delay the discovery of her corpse,” a source said.
Of the two accused, one was known to the actress, and the other had accompanied him to her apartment. The police are to announce details about them in a press conference shortly.
Meanwhile, Deepak Chaudhary, Kritika’s 25-year-old brother told that police informed him about the arrests today noon, and that the motive of Rs. 6000 had come as a shock to the family.
“I don’t think that Rs. 6000 is a provocation big enough to lead to murder. No one in our family believes it. And Kritika had Rs. 22,000 in cash in her purse when she was murdered. The police handed that cash to us only a few days ago. Had it been about the money, she could have instantly given it to them. Why wouldn’t she? And would they murder her over such a small amount?,” Deepak, Kritika’s brother said.
Deepak also expressed that the murder was perhaps motivated by some other reason, and that he would be able to speak with clarity once the Mumbai police shares details of the men with him.
Speaking about her drug addiction, a friend of the actress had earlier told that the actor’s addiction would often get out of hand, and that she would call a person, who would deliver the drugs to her apartment.
“Once, under the influence of drugs, she climbed atop her building at Veera Desai Road in Andheri (West), and threatened to commit suicide. The security guard knew that I visited her often, and called me up, saying that Kritika was completely in a drunk state and uncontrollable. Even the cops arrived at the building. I wasn’t in Mumbai then, and quickly asked my brother to rush to the spot. He brought her down, and took her to her apartment. The landlord then asked her to vacate the flat, and she had to move elsewhere,” Kritika’s friend who does not wish to reveal her name said.
At around 3.45 pm on June 12, the Mumbai police’s control room received a call from residents of Chaudhary’s building, complaining about the stench from her apartment. When the police reached the apartment, they found it locked from outside. After they broke the door open, Chaudhary’s partially decomposed body was discovered on the floor. The Amboli police, who had initially recorded an accidental death report, registered a murder case after her post mortem reports arrived, revealing injuries to her head.
Chaudhary, originally from Haridwar, came to Mumbai seven to eight years ago to make a career in the film industry. She featured in the Kangana Ranaut-starrer Rajjo, and had also appeared on a few television shows, including a Balaji creation, and another crime show. However, Choudhary’s career had failed to take the flight she had expected it to. She was living alone in a one-bedroom apartment in the Amboli area of Western Mumbai.
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