India News | Two Held from UP for Killing Man in Maharashtra

Palghar, Mar 30 (PTI) Police have arrested two persons, including a criminal already wanted in a number of cases, from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly shooting dead a man here in Maharashtra, an official said on Wednesday.

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The victim, Samarjit alias Samay Vikramsingh Chouhan, was gunned down in Virar area of Maharashtra's Palghar district on February 23. The police had then registered a case against unidentified persons on charges of murder and under provisions of the Arms Act, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Dr Mahesh Patil said.

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The police later carried out searches in Vasai and Virar areas of Palghar as well as in neighbouring Mumbai and Thane.

Acting on various inputs, a police team from here rushed to Varanasi and with the help of the UP Special Task Force, they arrested two persons - Rahul Virendra Sharma alias Ram (30) and Abishek Tarkeshwar Singh alias Ankur - from there on Tuesday, the official said.

Hunt was on for two more persons in connection with the killing, he said.

Sharma had a number of cases registered against him, including on charges of murder and attempt to murder, and was on the run for last nine years, the official said.

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