Mumbai (The Hindu): Siddhant Ganore, prime suspect in the murder of his mother Dipali, was detained in Jodhpur on Thursday afternoon and handed over to the Mumbai Police. Siddhant, son of PI Dnyaneshwar Ganore, has been missing since Tuesday night when Dipali was found stabbed to death at their Kalina residence.

Mr. Ganore, Dipali and Siddhant used to stay in a rented flat in the Prabhat Colony in Kalina. Mr. Ganore, after trying to reach both Dipali and Siddhant since 11 p.m. entered the house around 2 a.m. on Wednesday using a spare key and found her lying in a pool of blood. A cryptic confession was written in blood next to her body and the police has since been trying to trace Siddhant.

Police sources said the first breakthrough came during inquiries with one of his friends, who told them Siddhant had left for Jaipur. The police immediately sent a team to Jaipur, only to learn that he had left for Jodhpur. “Since it takes seven to eight hours to reach Jodhpur from Jaipur, we contacted the Jodhpur police, who picked him up from Dhoom Hotel,” Mumbai Police spokesperson DCP Rashmi Karandikar said.

The Mumbai Police team reached Jodhpur on Thursday evening and took Siddhant into custody. They are expected to reach Mumbai on Friday, after which he will be questioned at Vakola police station.

Police sources said Siddhant did not show any sign of remorse when he was taken into custody. The Jodhpur police, too, have told the Mumbai Police that he was calm and composed. He has told Jodhpur police that he had started hiding things about his education from his mother, as she was pressurising him over his performance, said sources.

“Siddhant had failed three years in a row while studying engineering before he enrolled for BSc. He did not appear for a recent exam in his college. When college authorities sent him a notice, he destroyed it and did not tell his family,” an officer said.

The Ganores’s neighbours told The Hindu that the family was generally reserved. “They would hardly interact with anyone in the building,” said Kaporchand Solanki, a neighbour.