Thane, Maharashtra: A 20-year-old youth hailing from Bihar was arrested for murdering two elderly women at Kalyan in Thane district, police said today.
Nandakishore alias Fantu Manoj Prasad Vai was arrested on Monday for murdering two women last week and sent to police custody till July 8 by a court today.
Additional commissioner of police (crime) Makarand Ranade said that Kamal Baliram Dudhkar, 70, and Lilabai Ganpat Dudhkar, 60, were found murdered at their house in Khadegolavali in Kalyan on the intervening night of June 17 and 18. Their jewellery and other valuables were missing.
Investigators zeroed in Mr Nandkishor, who worked as a labourer at a powerloom in Kalyan and who ate his meals at a mess run by the deceased women.
A police team was sent to his hometown Arwal in Bihar.
The search was conducted at his father's house two cameras, two gold rings, two gold bangles, mangalsutra, etc, worth Rs 3.37 lakh were recovered from there.
Mr Nandkishor's father was arrested for giving him shelter and abetting the crime. When the accused, who was absconding, learnt about this, he tried to commit suicide by consuming poison and was admitted to a local hospital.
After he was discharged on Monday, the police arrested him and brought to Kalyan by flight and produced in court.
Inspector Shailendra Nagarkar, who led the investigating team, said Mr Nandkishor's father needed money for constructing a house, which prompted the youth to commit the crime.
Nandakishore alias Fantu Manoj Prasad Vai was arrested on Monday for murdering two women last week and sent to police custody till July 8 by a court today.
Additional commissioner of police (crime) Makarand Ranade said that Kamal Baliram Dudhkar, 70, and Lilabai Ganpat Dudhkar, 60, were found murdered at their house in Khadegolavali in Kalyan on the intervening night of June 17 and 18. Their jewellery and other valuables were missing.
A police team was sent to his hometown Arwal in Bihar.
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Mr Nandkishor's father was arrested for giving him shelter and abetting the crime. When the accused, who was absconding, learnt about this, he tried to commit suicide by consuming poison and was admitted to a local hospital.
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Inspector Shailendra Nagarkar, who led the investigating team, said Mr Nandkishor's father needed money for constructing a house, which prompted the youth to commit the crime.
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