Maharashtra: Five years after crime, murder bid accused held in Palghar

Police have arrested an absconding accused in a fiveyearold case of attempt to murder in Maharashtras Palghar district officials said on Tuesday reported news agency PTIThe incident occurred in the Waliv area here on May 22 2020 following a dispute they saidThe accused Akash Harilal Yadav 31 and some other persons allegedly assaulted two men with sticks leaving them with serious head injuries The accused and his mother also allegedly threatened a local businessman with dire consequences a police release said reported PTIBased on the businessmans complaint the Waliv police then registered a case under various Indian Penal Code sections including attempt to murder and criminal intimidation reported PTIHowever Yadav had been absconding since the incidentAfter an extensive probe the police on Sunday traced Yadav to the Vasai area and arrested him the release saidPolice crack murder case in 12 hours three heldIn another case the police arrested three individuals including a woman within 12 hours of the brutal murder of a 37yearold man in Thane district of Maharashtra officials said on Monday reported PTIThe victim Narendra alias Kalia Jadhav was stabbed with sickles and knives inflicting 40 injuries on him on Saturday night in Dombivli area police saidWe have arrested two men and a woman identified as Akash Birajdar 29 Diwakar Gupta 18 and Taruni Alifa Sheikh 18 within twelve hours in connection with the murder in the Diva area said Ramnagar police station senior inspector Ganesh Javadwad reported PTIHe said the previous enmity between Jadhav and Birajdar triggered the fatal attackThe victims friend Shubham Pandey was injured when he tried to intervenePolice registered an FIR under various sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita for murder and attempt to murder and under the provisions of the Arms ActThe arrested accused were remanded to police custody till December 18Man held for beating wife to death in PalgharMeanwhile police have arrested a 32yearold man for allegedly beating his wife to death following a domestic quarrel in Maharashtras Palghar district an official said on Sunday reported PTIThe couple who lived at Gomghar village in Mokhada taluka had frequent fights over domestic issuesThey again had a quarrel in the wee hours of Saturday following which the accused Balwant Gare allegedly beat his wife Lata Balwant Gare to death with a wooden log an official from Mokhada police station said quoting a complaint by the victims father reported PTIBased on the complaint the accused was arrested and booked under section 1031 murder of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita the official saidWith inputs from PTI