The Palghar local crime branch claimed to have solved the murder case of 45-year-old businessman Lalit Bakhariya allegedly found murdered inside a car in Talasari area last week. The police have caught one accused (mastermind) from Gujarat's Umargaon who had allegedly killed Bakhariya over a land dispute.

Mayur Bhandari, 45, confessed to having committed the crime with the help of another accomplice by strangulating Bakhariya with a shoelace before fleeing the spot.