MUMBAI: A 39-year-old man wanted for a murder committed 17 years ago was arrested from a construction site in Titwala, where he was working as a fitter.
“Sheikh has confirmed his identity. Sheikh fled and had been absconding since While his three accomplices were arrested. He concealed his identity and avoided visiting his native village in Bihar. The team led by assistant police inspector Vinod Labhade and police sub-inspector Swapnil Mahajan discovered that Sheikh had been switching locations, mobile handsets, and SIM cards to avoid detection. The team eventually tracked him to Baneli village in Titwala (east), where he had settled with his family.
A case was registered with the Mulund police under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code against the four accused. Upon being brought to the Mulund police station for interrogation, he confessed to killing Maskur with a hammer along with his accomplices due to an old village feud.
We decided to revisit the case and secured the mobile phone numbers of his relatives and studied them for over a month,” said senior police inspector of the Mulund police station, Santosh Ghatekar. He was subsequently arrested,” said Ghatekar.
