Bollywood fringe actress Laila Khan, who has been missing since February 2011, has been killed along with four members of her family including her mother, her stepfather Pervez Iqbal Tak has told police.

Giving vital leads in a case that has long confounded investigators, Tak told investigators that five to six people were involved in the killings of Laila, mother Saleem Begum Patel, siblings Zara Patel and Imran Patel, and cousin Reshma Patel in Mumbai, police officials said.

He said the five were shot dead and buried in an isolated place in Mumbai. The mystery was still unravelling with no physical evidence to corroborate what Tak had said, investigators said.

“Initially after his arrest, Parvez Iqbal Tak was trying to mislead the police. But later, when Mumbai Police too joined the investigations, Tak told us that five to six characters were involved in wiping out Laila Khan and four members of her family,” Deputy Inspector General of Doda Gareeb Das told IANS.

Tak, who married Saleem Begum after she divorced her earlier husband, was arrested last month in Kishtwar, about 230 km from here. Tak does not know the name of the place where the victims were taken but has said he can identify the spot.

The five, he said, were taken to the area on the pretext of flying to Dubai as they faced a threat to their lives due to the large property they owned.