Thane, Feb 12 (PTI) Police have arrested one person in connection with the killing of a man by two motorbike riders in a road rage incident earlier this month in Navi Mumbai, an official said.

The victim, Shivkumar Roshanlal Sharma (45), a resident of Vashi, was riding his two-wheeler on the Belpada-Utsav Chowk road when he allegedly cut in front of two persons, then unidentified, on the motorbike on February 2.

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Angered by the manoeuvre, the accused duo stopped Sharma's vehicle and confronted him. One of them grabbed the victim, while the other accused hit him on the head with a helmet.

Sharma collapsed on the spot. Some passers-by rushed him to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead, according to police.

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The police subsequently formed eight teams to apprehend the culprits.

They examined CCTV footage of different areas and also used technical and intelligence inputs to track down the suspects, a police release on Tuesday said.

Based on a tip, the police on Tuesday apprehended one of the accused, identified as Mohammad Rehan Ansari (22), from Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in neighbouring Mumbai, it said.

After his arrest, the accused was produced before a local court which remanded him in police custody till February 15, the police said.

Efforts were on to trace the other accused, they said.

A case was registered against the accused on charges of murder, criminal intimidation and other legal provisions, the police added.

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