Thane crime: Cops nab accused within hours of man's murder

An official said that the police on Friday arrested a 23yearold man within hours of him stabbing a person to death over a dispute in Maharashtras Thane district reported news agency PTIBased on a tipoff the police apprehended the accused Gurav Kiran Udanshive in connection with the murder that occurred in Ulhasnagar town late on Thursday night Thane police PRO Sailesh Salvi said while sharing an update on the Thane crime reported PTIThe police were alerted about a man being attacked with a sharp weapon on a road A team reached the scene and took the victim Bharat Shayamlal Duseja 35 to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him deadDuseja had multiple stab wounds on his face neck and chest he said while sharing an update on the Thane crimeA case was registered against unidentified persons under section 103 murder of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Maharashtra Police Act the official said while sharing an update on the Thane crime reported PTIThe accused a resident of Indira Nagar in Ulhasnagar attempted to flee the town with his wife and was nabbed from Kalyan railway station within five hours of the killing he said reported PTIThe victim and the accused had some disputes Udanshive had caught hold of the victim and stabbed him with the sharp weapon in public the official said adding that further probe is onMan killed over land dispute two heldPolice on Wednesday arrested two persons for allegedly killing a 52yearold man over a land dispute at Ambernath in Maharashtras Thane district an official said reported PTIThe accused identified as Suraj Vilas Patil and Harsh Sunil Patil murdered Sanjay Shriram Patil on Tuesday night he said reported PTISenior police inspector Sailesh Salvi said Around 10 pm on Tuesday the accused attacked the victim with a sharp weapon on the Shiv Mandir Road here following which he died reported PTIHis body was later sent to a local government hospital for postmortem he saidA case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS section 1031 murder has been registered against the duo at the Shivaji Nagar police station the official added reported PTIThe body of the victim identified as one Sanjay Sriram Patil has been sent to the government hospital for a postmortemAs per the probe conducted so far the murder is a fallout of dispute over five acres of land that the victim had purchased from one Shantaram Patil the police saidWith inputs from PTI