The Naigaon police in Vasai on Thursday arrested two people in connection with the murder of a petrol pump owner. Police said 75-year-old businessman Ramchandra Kakrani, the owner of a petrol pump, was found brutally murdered inside his car, parked near Vasai Phatak on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway on August 25, adding that it was a case of loot. 

Police have identified the two arrested accused as Mukesh Khubchandani, the prime suspect, and Anil Thappa, while the search for the third suspect (unidentified) is on. Police said the incident took place after Kakrani left his petrol pump in Virar with Khubchandani. He was carrying Rs 50,000 cash and had been missing from home since then.