Maharashtra Police have arrested the principal accused withinside the homicide of Thane primarily based jeweller Bharat Jain. 25-yr old Atul Mishra, arrested on Wednesday night, used to paintings as a watchman in Jain’s housing complicated and used his expertise of Jain’s daily routine to hatch a plot to homicide and rob him with assistance from the other accused, police stated.
Jain, who stayed together along with his family close to the Makhmali Talao in Thane, went missing on August 14 and his body became located floating withinside the Mumbra-Retibandar creek on August 19. Police closing week arrested Subhash Surve (39) and Balwant Cholekar (36) about the killing. Surve is an Ola Cab driver and was allegedly driving the car utilized in Jain’s kidnapping, even as Cholekar is said to have helped the opposite accused flee the city.
Naupada police arrested Mishra and Nilesh Bhoir (35) on Wednesday night.
They stated Mishra, who used to work as a watchman at Jain’s residential complicated about two-and-a-1/2 of years ago, had plotted the homicide with Bhoir.
“The duo intercepted Jain as he was walking home from his jewellery store at 10.30 pm on August 14 and made him get right into a cab being pushed with the aid of using Surve. They then strangled him withinside the cab and disposed of the frame withinside the Mumbra-Retibandar creek withinside the early hours of August 15. They then back to the jewellery save and stole silver jewellery well worth around Rs. 1.25 lakh,” deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Avinash Ambure stated.
Mishra and Bhoir had been picked up in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and taken to Mumbai on Wednesday. Police have recovered a rustic made pistol, a rustic made revolver, and one stay spherical from them. The silver jewellery stolen from Jain’s store was recovered from Cholekar’s possession last week, police stated.