The population of Thane has grown significantly in the past two decades. Nearly 20 years ago, the Thane police commissionerate had a manpower of 10,000.
According to police, the six-year-old boy's father approached Dharavi police at around 10.30pm on Friday saying that the boy had gone missing. He was playing with his friends in the veranda and he suddenly went missing.
The accused, Ajay Rajiv Parmar, tried to hide his crime by telling the police that his wife sustained burns because a stove accidentally exploded. He claimed that he also sustained burns on his hands trying to save her.