THANE: The city police has so far arrested four accused in the murder of Thane-based jeweller, Bharat Jain, who was abducted and strangled to death and his body was flung in Retibunder creek near Kalwa.
Those arrested have been identified as Subhash Surve 39, a cab driver, Balwant Cholekar 36, Atul Mishra 25 and Nilesh Bhoir 35. Naupada police had arrested Surve and Cholekar last week as Surve drove the car in which Jain was abducted and aided the murder, said a police officer.
The police said, on August 14, Jain a resident of Makhmali lake area went missing and the probe revealed that he was being abducted as well, as on August 19, his body was found floating in the Retibandar creek in Kalwa.
The police scanned several CCTVs for cracking the case, but Mishra and Bhoir remained untraceable. Mishra and Bhoir gave a long chase to the police, went several places in Coimbatore, Orissa , Bihar and finally headed to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh wherein the police in waiting held them and later brought them to Mumbai. The Naupada police arrested Mishra and Bhoir on Wednesday night, said a police officer.
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