Maharashtra: Murder accused arrested 29 years after crime in Palghar

A man who was on the run for nearly three decades after allegedly murdering his colleague in Maharashtras Palghar district has been arrested by the police an official said on Wednesday reported the PTIHe was arrested from neighbouring Gujarat the official saidAccording to the PTI the man identified as Haresh Babu Patel alias Nayka 55 was held from his village in Valsad district said Palghar district superintendent of police Balasaheb PatilVictim Mohan Sukur Dubli 50 who hailed from Virar and Patel who hails from Pardi in Valsad district worked as masons at a construction site at Jiwdanipada near Saphale in Palghar the official said as per the PTIThe two had had a dispute over some issue On April 19 1995 they had a quarrel and Patel allegedly hacked Dubli to death using a spade the news agency reportedSaphale police arrested Haresh Patel from his village in Valsad two days later but he escaped from custody SP Patil saidA Local Crime Branch team led by inspector Anil Vibhute got a tipoff that the accused was in his village following which he was picked up on Tuesday SP Patil said adding that his custody was handed over to Saphale police and further probe was on the PTI reportedMeanwhile in an another incident the Jalna Police in Maharashtra on Tuesday exhumed the body of an 11yearold boy in Jalna district after his mother alleged that he was killed by his father a police official said reported the PTIAccording to the PTI the boy Ariyan Bhatsode died under mysterious circumstances in Malegaon village of Jalna tehsil on March 30 an official saidThe Jalna Police decided to exhume the body after the boys mother Sindubai lodged a complaint alleging that her estranged husband Raosaheb Bhatsode was involved in the death and the last rites had been performed hastily inspector Suresh Unwane said as per the PTISindubai lived separately in Buldhana district of Maharashtra due to some marital dispute and the father had recently brought the boy to Malegaon he said the news agency reported on TuesdayOn March 30 Sindubai was informed that her son had met with an accident and when she reached Malegaon she saw the boys body which bore some marks the official saidThe last rites were conducted hastily by the family without informing the police he saidThe local courts permission was sought to exhume the body for further investigation the official said adding that the boys father has been detained for questioning according to the news agencywith PTI inputs