Vasai jeweller attack case: Two nabbed for brutal knife attack on victim, say cops

Further investigations in the matter was underway, said a police official. Pic/Special Arrangement

A day after knife attack on a man at a jewellery shop in Vasai East area of Maharashtra, the police have nabbed two people, a police official said on Wednesday.

According to the police, the incident occurred around 11:50 am on Tuesday at Ambika Jewellers near Shalimar Hotel in Vasai, when the victim, Kalusingh Khawat, was present in the shop.

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A man and woman, accompanied by a small child, entered the shop and asked Kalusingh to show a ring and requested water for the child. While the victim went to get the water, the man allegedly attacked him inside the shop with a knife, stabbing him multiple times on his stomach, hands, wrist, palm and cheek, in an alleged attempt to kill him.

A case was registered at Vasai Police Station and a parallel probe was launched by the Crime Branch Unit-4. The investigators from the team visited the crime scene, analysed CCTV footage, and gathered information from confidential sources.

"The accused were later identified as 23-year-old Sohel Sharafat Khan and a woman, Firdos Bano Sohel Khan, both residents of Tehrouli, Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh," said an official, adding that the duo was arrested from the Nashik Road area and brought to Vasai Police Station after being arrested.

The operation was carried out under the guidance of Police Commissioner Niket Kaushik, Additional Police Commissioner Dattatray Shinde, Deputy Commissioner of Police Sandeep Doifode, and Assistant Police Commissioner Madan Ballal. The team of officers from Crime Branch Unit-4, led by Officer-in-Charge Pramod Badakh, assisted by several other officials, successfully apprehended the suspects.

Further investigations in the matter was underway, said a police official.