Three injured in attack over dispute in Thane; eight booked

The police on Monday said that three men were injured after a group of persons allegedly carrying firearms and sharp weapons attacked them following a dispute with one of the victims in Maharashtras Thane city reported news agency PTIThe incident took place at Rabodi in the Azad Nagar area at 925 pm on Sunday they saidThe group targeted a local resident who is also the complainant in the case over an old enmity and attacked him with sharp weapons injuring himOne of the accused also tried to shoot him with a pistol but he escaped the firearm attack Assistant Commissioner of Police Priya Dhakne said reported PTIThe other assailants attacked two other persons present at the spot and both of them also suffered injuries the official saidBased on the complaint the police registered an FIR against eight persons including five unidentified under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita the Maharashtra Police Act and the Arms Act reported PTISearch is on for all the accused involved in the attack the official saidPalghar murder accused on run for 24 years arrested from UPIn another case the police have arrested a man absconding for the last 24 years after being accused in a case of murder in Maharashtras Palghar district officials said on Sunday reported PTIThe 50yearold accused identified as Mamu alias Chhote alias Babuon Omprakash Shrisahuni Diwakar was nabbed from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh on April 27 Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime Madan Ballal said terming it as a textbook case for them reported PTIOn January 14 2001 a man identified as Moharram Ali Mohammad Ibrahim Ali 46 was stabbed in the stomach with a sharp weapon in the Virar area and he later succumbed to his injuries reported PTIThe Virar police subsequently registered a case against Harun Ali Mustaqin Ali Syed and Mamu under Indian Penal Code section 302 murder Ballal saidThe motive behind the crime was a dispute over unpaid fares The deceased used to regularly travel in the autorickshaws of the accused from a nearby hardware shop but allegedly did not pay the fare he saidThe matter escalated leading to the stabbing incident Ballal saidWhile Syed was initially arrested Mamu managed to flee and remained untraceable for 24 yearsThe accused disappeared and the case went cold for over two decades Tracking someone after 24 years is no easy task but we never gave up Ballal said adding the police started reinvestigating the case earlier this year reported PTIWe began identifying autorickshaw drivers from that time and crosschecking with the Regional Transport Office RTO records We then conducted a technical analysis of phone numbers obtained through the accuseds son and nephew Thats how we zeroedin on his location to Paharpur Kanpur he said reported PTIA special police team was sent to UP and after several days of surveillance the accused was arrested from near a petrol pump on Hamidpur Road with the help of the Kanpur police the official saidIt was a textbook case of crime detection and interstate coordination Ballal saidWith inputs from PTI