BPO

The Pune police have acknowledged the role played by the murdered Wipro BPO employee’s Bangalore-based friend, Jeevan, in helping speed up investigation.

It was Jeevan who felt compelled to call up Jyoti’s relatives in Delhi after his telephonic conversation with her went dead abruptly and he overheard bits of tense questions Jyoti was asking the driver on the night of her disappearance.

Jeevan has helped us nab the murderers of Jyotikumari Chaudhary (22), who raped and killed on the night of November 1, Chatushrungi police station’s senior police inspector, Sheshrao Suryavanshi, said.

Jyoti was speaking to Jeevan on her mobile phone when she was allegedly driven to the Gahunje hamlet near Talegaon Dabhade on the Mumbai-Pune expressway.

“On November 1, Jyoti was speaking to Jeevan when she got into the car from her Pashan home. During the conversation, Jeevan had sensed something was wrong,'’ he said.

According to the police, Jeevan had heard Jyoti asking the accused driver Purushottam Borate (26) as to where he was taking her after she saw a different route. The driver then told her they have to take another employee from Nigdi.

“Jeevan also sensed something was amiss from Jyoti’s questions to the driver and her tensed voice. The phone was disconnected suddenly, prompting Jeevan to call Jyoti’s elder sister in Delhi,'’ Suryanshi said.

Jeevan kept trying her elder sister’s number all the night, but could not get through as the mobile was switched off. Later, on the morning of November 2, he informed her. She immediately called her sister in Pune with whom Jyoti was staying.