On the run for 12 years, killer finally held from UP
Trader killed in 2013; 2 accused were arrested earlier; cops camped in village before zeroing-in on fugitive
The central crime detection unit attached to the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police has arrested a 39-year-old man for his involvement in a 12-year-old murder case in Nallasopara.
According to the police, the case dates back to January 1, 2013, when the police recovered the half-burnt body of a trader Mahesh Kumar Ram Chand, 44, from a shop in the Gaondevi area of Dhaniv in Nallasopara. The body with strangulation marks was found to be inflicted with multiple injuries caused by some spade-like object.
An offence under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Valiv police station against unidentified assailants. While two men including, Amir Abbas Moin Shaikh and Mohammed Naeem Ansari were arrested a few days after the crime, which was the fallout of a monetary dispute between the accused and the deceased, their accomplice – Khurshid Alam Hanif Ansari alias Heera remained absconding.
The central crime detection unit received information that Heera’s brother was employed at a purse manufacturing unit in New Delhi. A team immediately left for New Delhi and accosted his brother only to learn that Heera was holed up somewhere in Uttar Pradesh and did not use a mobile phone. After a relentless effort of more than two months, the team finally arrested 39-yearold Heera from a remote village near Sahaswan city in Budaun district on Sunday.
“Since the accused did not use a mobile phone and stayed alone deep inside a farmland near the village, it was an extremely difficult task to trace him. However, our personnel camped in the village posing as farmers for nearly two months before zeroing in on the fugitive,” said police inspector Rahul Raakh. After procuring his transit remand from the chief judicial magistrate, Budaun, Heera was brought to the city and handed over to the custody of the Valiv police for further investigations.
Accused’s brother employed at a purse manufacturing unit in New Delhi gave info to cops, leading to killer’s arrest