In a bid to improve detection rate in complex murders, suspicious accidental deaths and crimes against women and children, Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) police is forming a new unit. The unit, carved out of the Crime Branch, has been named Homicide Squad which will conduct scientific investigation and guide investigators to secure conviction in the case.

The move is in the lines of Homicide Squads in European countries which solve complex murder cases. “It is the brainchild of MBVV commissioner Sadanand Date,” DCP (crime) Dr Mahesh Patil told mid-day.