Maharashtra: 4 Arrested In Jeweller Murder and Robbery Case

  • | Friday | 27th August, 2021

Jeweler Murder and robbery case in Maharashtra`s Thane. 

Maharashtra`s Thane witnessed a murder where the Thane police have arrested 4 accused who allegedly killed a 42-year-old jeweler.  The police after the arrest found it to be a case of robbery and have seized 2-kilogram silver worth Rs 1.24 lakh from the accused. The police have also seized a revolver and country-made pistol used to threaten the jeweler. The jeweler named Bharat Jain, who stayed with his family near the Makhmali Talao in Thane, went missing on August 14 and his body was found floating in the Mumbra-Retibandar creek on August 19.

Police last week arrested Subhash Surve (39) and Balwant Cholekar (36) in connection with the killing. Surve is an Ola Cab driver and was allegedly driving the vehicle used in Jain’s kidnapping, while Cholekar is alleged to have helped the other accused flee the city.

Naupada police arrested Mishra and Nilesh Bhoir (35) on Wednesday night.

They said Mishra, who used to work as watchman at Jain’s residential complex about two-and-a-half year ago, had plotted the murder with Bhoir.

“The duo intercepted Jain as he was walking home from his jewellery store at 10.30 pm on August 14 and made him get into a cab being driven by Surve. They then strangled him inside the cab and disposed of the body in the Mumbra-Retibandar creek in the early hours of August 15. They then returned to the jewellery store and stole silver jewellery worth around Rs. 1.25 lakh,” deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Avinash Ambure said.

 


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