The murder of 58-year-old Lalita Pinge in her flat at upmarket Shivaji Park in 2007 had send shock waves in the entire neighbourhood. Eight years after the gruesome murder, the Mumbai police are still groping in the dark.

On September 10, 2007, Lalita Pinge, wife of Balchandra Pinge – owner of famous Pinge Classes – was found murdered at her flat in Parag building. According to the police, Pinge's throat was slit with a sharp object and her hand was tied. Pinge's son Ajay was the first to see the body of his mother lying in a pool of blood when he returned home from work.

Even eight years after that gruesome murder, the Mumbai crime branch are yet to make any headway in the case. The police had ruled out robbery as nothing was stolen from the flat.

The police believed that the accused was known to the victim as there was no sign of forced entry into the flat. The Mumbai police had recorded the statement of Pinge's son Ajay and her husband Balchandra Pinge during the course of their investigation. Interestingly, even the motive behind the murder still remains a mystery.

The family of Pinge who has been still awaiting some development in the case have not given up yet. "There has been no development in the case, but we are still hopeful and police are doing their job," Pinge's son Ajay said.

Senior police inspector, crime branch unit V, Netaji Bhople said "We don't give up on any case. We are still looking out for the accused. Sometimes cases take time to open up, and it happens that an accused from some other case, gives us lead of some unsolved cases and we crack it."