They have taken the man, lets call him A from now on, to the Mahim police station.

A clearer picture of the story has now developed.
According to A,
the night before the death Nari Uncle had an accidental fall.
He then punched himself in the face.. which is why his body had black and blue bruises.. and then bled to death.

A has done nothing wrong, says A.

The police have booked him for negligence leading to death, for now, till they get further evidence from the post mortem.
It is a non bailable offence, therefore A now temporarily resides at the Mahim Police Station.

The police asked him why Nari uncle's hands are clean of blood, if he punched himself.
The police asked him why he did not call an ambulance at night, when Nari Uncle had been bleeding so profusely.
The police asked him why he did not ask for help, or do anything, other than mop up pools of blood with Nari Uncles shirt, while the old man lay bleeding.

They found the shirt in the bathroom. A had not tried to hide or dispose of it.

My father thinks that what might have happened is that they got into a fight, A punched Nari Uncle, saw the blood and panicked.. leading to the present circumstances. He does not think it was malice or anything crueler.

We cannot accuse him of anything until we know more.

A is a British national, therefore the police are treating the case very carefully. They don't want to come under the radar for treating him badly or something.
They told my father that usually they would have slapped the accused around, but they wont do so since the man is a British national.
Someone has been called from the consulate to oversee.

Mahim police station is not a jail and they only have a temporary lock up. They do not even provide food.. so my father is paying them to get him his meals and other things.

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Let me tell you about the house where Nari Uncle was staying. The house belongs to his sister in law, Mohini Aunty, an Alzheimers and Parkinsons patient. During all these events she has been in hospital where she has been admitted for breathing difficulties, also after A's arrival.

The house was tenanted, then several years ago the owner told Mohini Aunty that she would either have to buy the house from her or move out. Mohini Aunty did not have enough money to buy the house, so my father paid 4/5ths of the money and in return she put the house in his name, after her death and that of Nari Uncle's.

I don't think A knows that. He wasn't in a mood to leave the house, calling it his own. He even put his own lock, which has now been changed.

My parents have lost the deed entitling them to the house.
They've just lost it.
Can't find it.
Can you imagine.
Its one of their few savings.

Thank god that I do not depend on other people and their things.
I don't depend on the future assets of my family, or assets that could be acquired from a spouse.
I don't dream of them or depend on them.
I depend on what I can get and hold.

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Im not that crazy after money.. I just want to buy a house, have good clothes and travel. You only need more money for the first want, if you live in Mumbai.