The sleuths from MBVV crime branch unit-1 arrested a murder suspect from Delhi who had managed to abscond for 27 years. The man was named as one of three accused persons in a murder that had taken place in Mira Bhayandar. The man has been identified as Mevalal alias Panna Lal Surat Chauhan.

Under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner of Police Avinash Ambure, a special drive was conducted to apprehend suspects wanted in various cases under the jurisdiction of the MBVV commissionerate. One such case involved the murder of Dharamnath Ramashankar Pandey in 1997 which took place in Bhayandar. It is alleged that Chauhan and his associates engaged in a heated argument with Pandey and his friend Pramod Pandey over a trivial issue. Dharamanath had allegedly flung a plastic bag of garbage into the muck which splattered on the clothes of Chauhan and others. An enraged Chauhan, along with his associates Vijay Singh Chauhan and Rajendra Pal, allegedly assaulted the victims with bamboo sticks.