Full Name Adnan Patrawala Name Adnan murder Home town Mumbai | Citizenship India Cause of death Homicide | |
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Born 21 September 1990 ( 1990-09-21 ) Mumbai Disappeared August 18, 2007 (aged 16)
Inorbit Mall, Malad, Mumbai Died 19 August 2007(2007-08-19) (aged 16)
Palm Beach road, Navi Mumbai Body discovered Palm Beach road, Navi Mumbai | ||
Adnan Patrawala was the teenage son of a businessperson from Mumbai, India. On 18 August 2007, Adnan was kidnapped for ₹2 crore (US$310,000) ransom. He was murdered the next day when news of the kidnapping broke on national TV and print media.
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Accused
Following are the accused and their age at the time of the incident;
4 of them were released as they were innocent.
Killing
By the time the kidnappers made a ransom call, the kidnapping made national news so Adnan's kidnappers strangled him and dumped his body in Palm Beach road, Navi Mumbai and took local trains home.
Trial & verdict
On 30 Jan 2012, Mumbai sessions court acquitted four of the five accused. The prosecution failed to prove its case. Aslam Patrawala (father) said that he would appeal in a higher court. Being a juvenile, the fifth accused was tried by the Juvenile Justice Board.