Based on the complaint, the police registered an FIR against eight persons, including five unidentified, under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Maharashtra Police Act and the Arms Act
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The police on Monday said that three men were injured after a group of persons allegedly carrying firearms and sharp weapons attacked them following a dispute with one of the victims in Maharashtra's Thane city, reported news agency PTI.
The incident took place at Rabodi in the Azad Nagar area at 9.25 pm on Sunday, they said.
The group targeted a local resident, who is also the complainant in the case, over an old enmity and attacked him with sharp weapons, injuring him.
One of the accused also tried to shoot him with a pistol but he escaped the firearm attack, Assistant Commissioner of Police Priya Dhakne said, reported PTI.
The other assailants attacked two other persons present at the spot and both of them also suffered injuries, the official said.
Based on the complaint, the police registered an FIR against eight persons, including five unidentified, under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Maharashtra Police Act and the Arms Act, reported PTI.
"Search is on for all the accused involved in the attack," the official said.
Palghar murder accused on run for 24 years arrested from UP
In another case, the police have arrested a man absconding for the last 24 years after being accused in a case of murder in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said on Sunday, reported PTI.
The 50-year-old accused, identified as Mamu alias Chhote alias Babuon Omprakash Shrisahuni Diwakar, was nabbed from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh on April 27, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Madan Ballal said, terming it as a "textbook" case for them, reported PTI.
On January 14, 2001, a man, identified as Moharram Ali Mohammad Ibrahim Ali (46), was stabbed in the stomach with a sharp weapon in the Virar area and he later succumbed to his injuries, reported PTI.
The Virar police subsequently registered a case against Harun Ali Mustaqin Ali Syed and Mamu under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder), Ballal said.
The motive behind the crime was a dispute over unpaid fares. The deceased used to regularly travel in the autorickshaws of the accused from a nearby hardware shop, but allegedly did not pay the fare, he said.
The matter escalated, leading to the stabbing incident, Ballal said.
While Syed was initially arrested, Mamu managed to flee and remained untraceable for 24 years.
"The accused disappeared and the case went cold for over two decades. Tracking someone after 24 years is no easy task, but we never gave up," Ballal said, adding the police started reinvestigating the case earlier this year, reported PTI.
"We began identifying autorickshaw drivers from that time and cross-checking with the Regional Transport Office (RTO) records. We then conducted a technical analysis of phone numbers obtained through the accused's son and nephew. That's how we zeroed-in on his location to Paharpur, Kanpur," he said, reported PTI.
A special police team was sent to UP and after several days of surveillance, the accused was arrested from near a petrol pump on Hamidpur Road with the help of the Kanpur police, the official said.
"It was a textbook case of crime detection and inter-state coordination," Ballal said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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