In a persistent pursuit, Bangur Nagar police successfully tracked down and arrested Drayson D’sa, a Malad resident who had been evading authorities for a fortnight. D’sa faced allegations of murdering his wife, Chitra, and elder brother, Damian, following a dispute over the sale of their family rowhouse.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone 11, Ajay Kumar Bansal, disclosed that an extensive analysis of CCTV footage from over 1,000 cameras played a crucial role in tracing D’sa’s journey from Malad to Panvel, Goa, Bengaluru, and finally, Kolkata. The suspect was apprehended in Kolkata with the assistance of the West Bengal Special Task Force.
The altercation that led to the alleged murders occurred on December 31, sparked by a disagreement between Drayson and Damian over the rowhouse’s asking price. Following a heated exchange with his wife, D’sa reportedly attacked both Chitra and Damian, resulting in Chitra’s immediate death and Damian’s subsequent passing on January 2 at Oscar Hospital.
Bansal clarified, “D’sa has said that the dispute was between him and Chitra over a domestic issue when he killed her and attacked Damian for intervening, and not over the price of their row house.”
Investigating officers revealed that after the murder, D’sa left his house with only one of his three mobile handsets, later selling that phone and a gold chain when he ran out of funds. The suspect’s journey unfolded from Malad to Panvel, then Goa, and Bengaluru, with no premeditated plan. Utilizing CCTV footage from Malad onwards, law enforcement tracked him to Kolkata, where he was eventually apprehended with the collaborative efforts of the Kolkata Police and the special task force.
A police officer from Bangur Nagar police station commented, “Drayson was infamous in his locality as he used to have fights with neighbors and locals often.” The arrest brings an end to the fugitive’s run, with legal proceedings set to follow for the alleged heinous crimes committed against his own family members.
