PUNE: The Loni Kalbhor police on Thursday arrested eight men, including a restaurant owner, his son and nephew, and booked two others for conspiring and murdering an eatery owner at Uruli Kanchan on July 18.
Business rivalry has been established as the prima facie motive behind the murder of Ramdas Akhade, police said.
Deputy commissioner of police (zone V) Namrata Patil said, “CCTV footages have captured images of the assailant and another person. Their call data analysis led investigators to Balasaheb Khedkar (56), a restaurant owner, and his son Nikhil (24). Balasaheb took help of his nephew to hire seven men to kill Khade as his eatery was doing well.”
