10 March,2026 12:12 PM IST | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | mid-day online correspondent
The victim’s family had reportedly refused to perform her last rites until all those responsible for the crime were apprehended. Representational Pic/File
A man accused of murdering a woman in Punjab last month has been arrested in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar following a joint operation by the city crime branch and the Railway Police.
The accused, identified as 34-year-old Gurvinder Singh, also known as Goldie, had allegedly been on the run after the killing, which took place in Patiala on February 19.
According to police officials, Singh and two accomplices are suspected of murdering a woman in Patiala. The victim's family had reportedly refused to perform her last rites until all those responsible for the crime were apprehended.
Authorities launched a search for the suspects soon after the incident, working across states to trace their movements.
Police said Singh was detained at the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar railway station after arriving in the city on board the Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express on 8 March.
Officials received a tip-off from the Punjab Police indicating that the suspect was travelling on the train. Acting on the intelligence, the city crime branch coordinated with the Railway Police and waited for the train's arrival.
When Singh attempted to flee the station premises, officers chased and apprehended him after a brief pursuit.
A team from the Punjab Police reached Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Monday to take custody of the accused. Singh was presented before a local court, which granted transit remand to the Punjab police until 12 March.
He will now be taken back to Punjab for further investigation into the murder case.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a contractual sanitation worker of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) in Thane district was stabbed to death by a man while on duty on Monday afternoon, leaving his wife in shock who committed suicide hours later, police said, reported the PTI.
The deceased was identified as Mahadu Jagtap (35), who was employed as a contractual sanitation worker with a private company, which has a cleaning contract with the UMC. The incident occurred in front of the house of a former corporator in the Section 20 area when Jagtap was carrying out routine cleaning work, they said, the news agency reported.
"A man, identified as Durgesh Gupta (31), allegedly attacked the victim with a sharp weapon and stabbed him multiple times, leading to his death on the spot," a senior official from Central Police Station in Ulhasnagar told PTI.
(with PTI inputs)
