Absconding brothers held near Mumbai in attempt to murder case after nine years

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In a significant breakthrough, Kalyan Police in Thane district have arrested two brothers who were absconding for the past nine years after being named in an attempted murder case, news agency PTI reported, quoting an official on Thursday.

The accused, Vinod Jagannath Kamble and Nagsen alias Nagesh Jagannath Kamble, had been on the run since 2016.

Senior inspector Ajit Shinde of the Kalyan Crime Branch, while briefing about the arrest, said, "The accused constantly changed their residence. Acting on specific intelligence, our team conducted discreet surveillance and nabbed them from Kalher village."

Shinde added that the probe is still on.

Mumbai court acquits all eight accused of killing construction contractor

A Mumbai court on Wednesday acquitted all the eight accused more than 10 years after film set construction contractor Raju Shinde was shot dead in Aarey Colony.

As per reports, the accused were initially arrested by Mumbai Police in connection with the 2015 Film City murder case, and nearly 10 years later, the sessions court on Monday acquitted all eight accused in the case.

The murder took place in May 2015, when Shinde was attacked by two bike-borne assailants near Film City.

The verdict was delivered by Additional Sessions Judge TT Aglawe of the city civil and additional sessions court.

The judge acquitted the accused of charges under Section 302 (murder) and Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, along with charges under the Indian Arms Act.

The eight persons acquitted were identified as Sumit Atmaram Talekar, Jugal alias Papu Babu Dhodiya, Yogesh Ramkrishna Kokane, Sandip Pitambar Khairnar, Satish Ashok More, Jeetu Shankar Dheevar, Suresh Subhash Gaikwad, and Ismail Aadam Khan.

While passing the order, the court also directed that the accused be released immediately if they were not required in any other case. Each accused has been asked to submit a personal bond of Rs 15,000 under Section 437-A of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The court further ordered that seized weapons be sent to the district magistrate for lawful disposal. The mobile phones and motorcycle seized will be auctioned after the appeal period ends.

At the time of the verdict, some of the accused were produced from Thane and Taloja jails, while others were present in court following their bail.

Advocates Bhanudas Jagtap and Anushka Jagtap represented four of the accused. Other defence counsels included Advocate Shirsath and Advocate JB Mane.

The prosecution was represented by Additional Public Prosecutor IK Shaikh.

(With inputs from PTI)