Maharashtra: Five members of gang held for cafe owner's murder in Nagpur

The police on Monday said that five members of a gang have been arrested for allegedly gunning down a cafe owner in Maharashtras Nagpur city reported news agency PTIThe accused who belong to the Hiranwar gang allegedly shot dead cafe owner Avinash Bhusari on April 15 and had been on the run an official saidDeputy Commissioner of Police DCP Detection Rahul Maknikar said the gang had planned to kill a member of a rival gang during an Ambedkar Jayanti procession on April 14 But their intended target didnt show up at the event reported PTIThe gang attacked Bhusari outside his cafe in the Gokulpeth area the next night He was shot five times at close range while eating ice cream with his manager he saidThe police formed special teams and launched a multistate hunt tracking the suspects across Bhopal Kolkata Visakhapatnam Tirupati and GondiaAccording to the police the gang members frequently changed mobile phones and SIM cards to hide their location But the crime branch nabbed some accused at Navegaon Bandh railway station and others at Gondia bus stationThe police have arrested Shailesh alias Bunty Hiranwar 31 Ankit Hiranwar 22 Adarsh alias Gotya Walke 20 Shibbu Rajesh Yadav 20 Rohit alias Bhikku Meshram 20 all residents of Kachipura in Nagpur the official said reported PTIPolice are still searching for six more accused he saidThe gang purchased three pistols for Rs 12 lakh for the attack the official said adding that the police are now questioning the arrested accused to recover the weapons used in the shootingTruck driver stabbed to death in road rage in NagpurIn another incident a 21yearold truck driver was murdered by another truck driver and his juvenile helper during a fight over overtaking in Nagpur on Sunday police said reported PTIThe road rage incident occurred at Tathagat Chowk under the Jaripatka police station in the city reported PTIIt all began around 10 am when victim Vansh alias Atul Arjun Dahare and another driver identified as Utkarsh Virkhede were returning to Wadi after getting their vehicle weighed reported PTIAnother truck driven by Nilesh Suresh Sahare 24 from Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh allegedly dangerously overtook them At a red signal Vansh confronted Sahare and his 17yearold cleaner leading to a heated exchange said an official reported PTIDuring the argument the minor and Sahare stabbed Vansh the official said Virkhede was also injured while trying to intervene Vansh succumbed to his injuries at Mayo Hospital the official saidAfter being alerted police scanned CCTV footage and tracked down the truck While Sahare was arrested the minor was detained he said adding that a murder case had been registered by the Jaripatka policeWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params