Maharashtra: 2 electricians held for jeweller's murder in Palghar

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Police have arrested two electricians in connection with the killing of a jeweller and robbery at his shop here in Maharashtra, an official said.

Two masked men had entered the jewellery shop of Kishore Jain in Nalla Sopara area here on Saturday. They had allegedly stabbed the jeweller to death and decamped with valuables from the store, police earlier said.

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The police formed 15 teams to trace the culprits and nabbed the two men, both electricians aged 33 and 42, on Sunday, the official from Mira-Bhayander Vasai-Virar police commissionerate told reporters on Monday.

A case was registered against the accused under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder) and other relevant provisions, he added. The police did not specify the value of jewellery looted from the store.

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