Mumbai cops' informer allegedly honey-trapped by Worli spa employee, wife claims

The wife of Guru Siddappa Waghmare 50 the informer and alleged extortionist who tattooed the names of his foes on his body alleged that he was honeytrapped by a female employee of Soft Touch Spa in Worli ldquoFor the past two months a woman would visit our home along with my husband She was collecting information about him and his connections He had many affairs but this was the first woman to visit our homerdquo Manisha told middayAccording to Manisha the woman stayed at their home for two days Waghmare had used his body to record several aspects of his life according to the authorities who discovered more than 70 names tattooed on his skinWaghmare who had many enemies took inspiration from the film Ghajini to use his body as a diaryCops said the names of 22 enemies were tattooed on his thighs while those of 50 police officers from Navi Mumbai Thane Mumbai and Mira Bhayander were inked on his back Police said the names of the officers pertained to cases in which he was booked while the names of his mother son daughterinlaw three journalists who had written against him and the prime accused who has been arrested in the case were in the enemies listldquoWhen my husband got angry he tattooed a personrsquos name but erased it once the enmity endedrdquo said ManishaThe list of Waghmarersquos enemies which includes the names of his son and daughterinlawWaghmare had helpfully tattooed a note along with the list of enemies on his thighs which states ldquoMajya dushmanyanchi nave diarit nond aahe chaukshi karun karyavhi kara The names of my enemies are mentioned in the diary Inquire and then take actionFamilyrsquos suspicionsManisha said the deceased was employed as a driver and would work for restaurants before becoming a police informerGuru Siddappa Waghmare the deceased who would allegedly impersonate cops and work as a police informerShe said ldquoI married Guru in 1995 and I have a son and daughter He liked the 2008 movie Gajini so in 2012 he decided to tattoo the names of his enemies on his body He used to carry three books to note down daytoday activities and maintain call recordsrdquoldquoIrsquom sure that the murder was planned and the woman is connected with the case Six months ago my husband complained to the police about the Worlibased spa and it was raided This woman was working in this spardquo she added Manisha said ldquoOn July 17 my husband turned 50 and he invited the entire society for his birthday celebration This woman was also there A month ago she also visited our villagerdquo ldquoOn the day of the incident July 23 around 10 pm I called my husband and he told me he was with his friend and would come home late He also told me that he was throwing a birthday party for his friends After that I didnrsquot receive any calls from him The next day at around 4 pm the Vile Parle police came home and took me to Nair hospital where I found my husband deadrdquoThe deceasedrsquos son Rohidas Waghmare whose name is tattooed on his body and wife Manisha in front of a poster of her husbandRohidas Waghmarersquos son said ldquoMy father also tattooed my name on his thigh He would fight regularly with me over silly issues I had a fight with him over my job and lifestyle I was not an actual enemy of his There were many names on his body and had also removed a lot after his feuds endedrdquoA habitual drinkerA friend of a local whose name was tattooed on Waghmarersquos body said ldquoWaghmare would trouble society members by creating issues He was a habitual drinker who used to fight with all society members after imbibing Due to this many FIRs were registered against him He was externed from the area in 201213 In 2013 he came to our area and I took advantage and informed the Vile Parle police who arrested him To take revenge he tattooed my name on his body But later we became friends and I also ordered a big cake on his recent birthday I told him to remove my name but he refused saying he would never erase the name of anyone who had caused him to be arrestedrdquoTattoo no 8In 2016 a journalist from a reputed organisation claimed that Waghmare was extorting money while impersonating a cop He told midday that prime accused Santosh Sherekar and Waghmare were good friends but they eventually turned enemies ldquoHe used to extort money in Sherekarrsquos name They were good friends and Sherekar had attended Waghmarersquos family functions But then the notorious lsquoChulbul Pandeyrsquo as Waghmare is known tried to overpower Sherekar and they parted their ways Waghmare then tattooed his name and tipped off the police about his spardquo the journalist saidDuring the investigation it was revealed that Sherekar was the mastermind of Waghmarersquos murder and had paid hitmen R6 lakh to do the job The journalist claimed ldquoHe had a lavish lifestyle I am tattoo no 8 on his thighrdquoHe added ldquoRape cases have been registered against him across the city He used to take advantage of the social status of women or rape them under the pretext of providing jobs in the spardquoRetired cop speaksA former cop who had arrested Waghmare said that he didnrsquot fear the police and would even blackmail cops threatening to complain to their superiorsldquoIn 2016 I arrested him as he extorted people disguised as a cop He roamed around on a Bullet wearing khaki pants and red shoes He had also raped a woman He was mad He didnrsquot fear arrest and in fact threatened us He even had the gall to give false statements in court I was shocked to see that he had tattooed the name of the officer who had acted against him Extortion was a fulltime business for him Many cases had been registered against him across the city and MMRrdquoInvestigation so farBased on the investigations the Crime Branch and the Worli police have established that Sherekar had given the supariThe Worli police have arrested Sherekar while Crime Branch officials have arrested Mohammad Firoz Ansari from Nallasopara and Saqib Ansari from KotaFiroz allegedly wanted to seek revenge on Waghmare ldquoSherekar and he had hatched a conspiracy against Waghmare Saqib then joined them from Delhi and they tracked Waghmarersquos movements for over 10 daysrdquo a police officer said The trio have been granted police custody till July 30 According to a Crime Branch officer the accused have been handed over to the Worli police The cops have recovered R450 lakh in total from the Firoz and Saqib ldquoThe gold chain of the deceased the scooter used in crime weapons and clothes have been recovered from the duordquo said the officer The female spa employee was questioned by the Worli police