Updated On: 28 August, 2024 06:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Faisal Tandel
Driver Mukesh Khubchandani has a string of cases against him, from hoax calls to smuggling from 2011 to 2023

(Left) Deceased petrol pump owner Ramchand Kakrani, and driver Mukesh Khubchandani. Pics/Navneet Barhate
The prime suspect in the murder of petrol pump owner Ramchand Kakrani has been identified as Mukesh Khubchandani, a resident of Ulhasnagar with a long criminal history who had assured the Kakrani family that he is now reformed. Khubchandani, who was last seen leaving the petrol pump with Kakrani, remains at large. Kakrani’s body was discovered in his abandoned car on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. According to police sources, Khubchandani has been involved in various serious offences, including violent crimes, burglary, theft, fraud, and attempted murder. He had known the victim for several years.
Kakrani, a 75-year-old businessman, was found brutally murdered inside his car, parked near Vasai Phata on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. The Naigaon police have registered a murder case and launched a manhunt for Khubchandani, who is missing after the crime.