Police in Thane have successfully apprehended an absconding accused in the 2023 Dombivli murder case after months of evading arrest.
Police investigating a 2023 murder case in Dombivli near Thane have apprehended an absconding accused from Nanded district, around 600 km from here, who was working as a mason after changing his appearance, an official said on Saturday.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Suhas Hemade stated that the accused, identified as Deepak Karkade, had been evading arrest since November 2023.
Police arrested Villan Vishnu Thaware (41) and Yogesh Timappa Dongre (42) after the body of Somnath Shinde was found with severe injuries to the head, forehead, and face behind a cemetery at Devichapada on November 27, 2023.
After Karkade's name surfaced in the investigation, police had been on his trail.
"Karkade was constantly changing his locations to dodge the police for about two and a half years. Despite his attempts to hide his existence, our team remained on his trail and successfully apprehended him from a field in a village in Nanded district where he was working as a mason," a police officer said.
The accused trio had killed the victim by smashing his head with a stone following an altercation over consuming liquor, police said.
Further investigation is underway.