Cops probing murder bid chance upon carjackers who shot cabbie, dumped body

Thane | Tuesday | 11th December, 2018

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The gang members took Sarkar to Kasheli pipeline and fired three rounds at him, injuring him seriously, said Narayan.Passersby took Sarkar to a local hospital from where he was shifted to Sion hospital. "During Thakur's interrogation, the other murder case came to light.Speaking about the murder case, the police said that the gang members had hired a car from Majiwada in Thane to go to Nashik on November 23. On reaching Kasara, they abruptly changed their plan and asked the driver to take them back to Thane. The police registered an offence and Mandal was arrested, said the officer.The investigators interrogated Mandal which led to the arrest of the others. "On the way back to Thane, the accused persons fired at driver Arvind Dixit (31) from their pistol and shot him on the head in a bid to rob the car..