Latest News | Man on the Run for 2019 Murder Among 6 Held for Planning Dacoity in Virar

Palghar, Jan 11 (PTI) A murder-accused on the run since 2019 was arrested in Palghar district, a police official said on Thursday.

On January 5, six persons were held from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway while planning to carry out an armed dacoity at a petrol pump in Shirsad phata, Crime Branch Unit III (Virar) senior inspector Pramod Badakh said.

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"They were held from Jivdani helipad area. One Suresh Manaje (48), a resident of Mumbai who ran a hotel in Dubai, was killed by dacoits on July 19,2019. Manish Chouhan, who was involved in the murder, was among the six who were arrested on January 5," he said.

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