2 minutes agoAuthor: Efat Qureshi
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Today in Ansuni Dastaan we are going to tell you the story of Simran Sood who dreams of becoming a heroine. Simran was on Dastaan. Simran’s story is a complete crime thriller film in itself, which has big dreams, filmy glamour, deception, conspiracy and many murders.
Simran Sood, who caught people’s attention with her presence in Bollywood’s Page 3 parties, lived a very luxurious life. Her pictures with Neil Nitin Mukesh, KK Menon were proof of these parties.
Simran Sood is accused of preying on rich people with her beauty, robbing them and then getting them killed. Simran’s list of crimes also includes the name of the father of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and No One Killed Jessica actor Anuj Kumar Tikku, who was murdered.
This was not the only case of its kind. Simran was also accused of murdering producer Karan Kakar and Air India engineer Anup Das and his father.
The crimes of Simran Sood, who was involved in several murders, were revealed due to a coincidence and the presence of mind of a person, who witnessed the murder of a middle-aged man while passing through a car parking on an ordinary day.
Today in the 4th chapter of ‘Unsuni Daastan’, know the sequential story of this high profile honeytrap case and many murders-
Simran Sood’s real name was Seema Surendranath Dusanj, which was changed to Simran Sood according to Glamour World. Simran, who hails from Ludhiana, had a degree in Arts. Simran dreamt of becoming a heroine since childhood. When she told her family about this dream, everyone flatly refused, saying that girls from good families do not go to the film world.
Due to lack of support from her family, Simran Sood left her home in 1995 and reached Mumbai. Due to her beauty, it was not difficult for Simran to enter the world of modeling. She started getting good modeling work in Mumbai.
She was a frequent visitor to the Page-3 parties of the film industry, where she used to meet many people from the industry. She was also seen in many IPL parties.
It was April 7, 2012…
While passing through the parking area of 25 mala high rise building in Oshiwara, a person’s eyes fell on the first floor window. First the window curtain broke and fell, after which an old man was seen being beaten up. He immediately asked for help from the building guard and after gathering a crowd, everyone reached that flat. On knocking the door, two young boys came out. When they were asked about the old man, they said that there was no old man there, they had misunderstood. However, the blood on the feet of those boys who claimed to be paying guests was pointing towards something bad. Seeing the suspicious circumstances, the crowd locked the flat from outside and informed the police. When the police arrived, both the men had jumped from the balcony and fled and the old man’s body was in the bathroom. The name of the deceased was Arun Kumar Tikku (67), who was a businessman from Delhi. Before death, Arun was tortured and three knife wounds were made on his body.
During the investigation, the first suspicion fell on Anuj Tikku that he got his father killed. However, Anuj’s statement brought forth a new angle of investigation. He mentioned Simran Sood. Anuj told the police that he met Simran while looking for work in Mumbai.
In 2012, Simran introduced Anuj to Vijay Palande. Both of them told him that they needed a place to stay in Mumbai, for which Anuj gave them his Oshiwara flat to live in. With the passage of time, Simran and Vijay started occupying that flat. Both of them first kept a German woman in that flat, after which two friends Dhananjay Shinde and Manoj Gajkosh also started living there.
Anuj’s father had an objection to this because Vijay could have got a good rent for that flat. When Anuj asked Vijay to vacate the flat, Vijay flatly refused. When the matter did not work out, Arun Tikku in anger went straight from Delhi to Mumbai to get the flat vacated, after which he was murdered in the same flat.
After Arun’s statement, Mumbai Police arrested Simran Sood, Vijay Palande and his two associates. After the arrest, Vijay told in his confession that on the night of April 7, Anuj had come to vacate his flat, but he along with his two associates killed him.
Movie producer Karan Kakad went missing on 5 April, a few days before Anuj Tikku’s murder. His family had filed a missing person report. In the complaint, the family said that on 5 April 2012, Karan had called his brother Hanish and told him that he was going to invest money in a big film soon. After this, he never contacted the family. Along with Karan Kakad, his Audi was also missing.
The police were not able to find a direction to investigate this case, but Vijay Palande and Simran, who were arrested for the murder of Arun Tikku, were also connected to this case. During interrogation, Vijay told that Karan Kakkar, who the police was looking for, had been killed a few days ago.
Actually, Karan Kakkad wanted to invest money in films. During this time he met Simran. Simran first grew close to Karan Kakkad and then introduced him to Vijay Palande. Simran told Karan that she needed a producer for a big film, in which she could involve Karan. On 5 April 2012, Simran called Karan to meet her in a rented flat. Both of them held Karan captive in the flat and did shopping worth lakhs from his credit card. Then on 7 April, they murdered him by slitting his throat.
She was given 14 sleeping pills before slitting her throat
In his confession, Vijay Palande said that before slitting his throat, they asked Karan Kakar whether he would like to take sleeping pills or his throat should be slit while he is conscious. Karan took sleeping pills to get rid of the pain. When he did not fall asleep after taking 4 pills, the killers made him take 10 more pills and then took him to the bathroom and slit his throat. His body was kept under the shower in the bathroom until the blood was completely drained out. Later, his body was cut into pieces and thrown in Kumbharli Ghat.
On the information given by Anuj, police team reached the dead body of Karan Kakkad.
Simran-Vijay pair was formed 13 years ago, they had committed 2 murders
After entering the world of modelling, Simran Sood met notorious criminal Vijay Palande in the late 90s. Vijay used to call himself a rich property dealer. When Vijay came to know that Simran has expensive hobbies and she needs money, he offered her to work with him. The proposal was to trap rich people using her beauty and rob them.
Simran Sood had understood that it was difficult to fulfill her desires through modeling alone. Seeing Vijay’s luxurious life, Simran Sood also joined hands with him. After meeting Vijay Palande around 1997, Simran Sood’s life had become extremely luxurious. In 1997, she went to the USA for plastic surgery. To keep herself beautiful, Simran had several plastic surgeries done in Mumbai and Dubai.
The target of both of them were rich people who either wanted to invest in business or were ready to spend crores to try their luck in films. Vijay used to trap people with the help of Simran’s beauty and her links in the film industry, extort money and then kill them after the work was done.
Photo of Simran Sood taken during her arrest.
2 murders were committed in 1997
Vijay introduced Simran to Air India engineer Anup Das, calling her his sister. Actually, at that time Vijay Palande was working as a waiter at Copper Chimney restaurant, where Anup used to visit often. Through frequent meetings, both of them became good friends. After some time, Vijay introduced Anup to Simran Sood. As per the plan, Simran started getting closer to Anup. She used to visit Anup’s house often, due to which his family members also started knowing her.
One day Simran told Anup that she had no place to live. For the sake of friendship, Anup gave them his Juhu apartment to live in. Simran and Vijay’s plan was to extort money from Anup and grab his flat. Both of them lived in his flat for several months, but now they had to do something big.
On 26 January 1998, Simran and Vijay took Anup with them for a business meeting in Mahabaleshwar. But there was no news of him after that. A few days passed, but there was no trace of Anup, nor was he reachable. When Anup’s father Swaraj Ranjan called Vijay in concern, he kept saying that Anup was with him and he could not return due to work delay.
After 7 days, Vijay called Anup’s father and told him to come to Mahabaleshwar if he wanted to meet Anup. Simran and Vijay had become so close to the Das family that they never suspected them. Swaraj Ranjan went to meet Anup, but he too did not return. When a police complaint was filed, it was revealed that Anup and his father Swaraj Ranjan were murdered.
Investigation revealed that Vijay Palande and Simran wanted to grab Anoop’s property in Juhu, but when Anoop understood their intention, both of them killed him. After killing Anoop, both of them called Swaraj Ranjan to meet them and got him to transfer Rs 7 lakh to Simran’s account in the name of leaving his son safe and later killed him too. Simran and Vijay cut both the bodies into pieces and then disposed them off. Anoop’s body was found in Kumbharli Valley, while Swaraj Ranjan’s body was found in Satara.
In 1998, Vijay Palande was sent to jail on charges of double murder, while a case was registered against Simran for illegally occupying Anoop’s property. In November 1998, Vijay Palande was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Photo of Vijay Palande taken during his arrest.
In 2002, Vijay Palande came out on parole and escaped from the police. Vijay Palande got fake documents made, through which he fled to Bangkok. He went to Dubai and got plastic surgery done, due to which his appearance changed to a great extent.
Despite being named in the double murder case, Simran Sood remained active in modeling and acting. With the help of links, Simran Sood got work in the Bollywood film Anokha Anubhav released in 2003. In the film, she appeared in the lead role along with Mohan Joshi, Razak Khan and Divya Dwivedi. This small budget film could not do any wonders at the box office, but after this Simran established herself in the industry. If reports are to be believed, Simran had invested money in this film. Later, Simran was also seen in the 2002 film Smile Please.
Simran Sood was engrossed in her film world, but in the year 2006 Vijay Palande entered her life once again. Vijay had returned to India and wanted her company again. After the double murder, Simran once again joined hands with Vijay and committed the double murder of 2012.
Vijay Palande and Simran Sood have been in jail for the last 12 years on charges of four murders. Simran has filed bail petitions several times, however she has never been able to get bail.
