E-commerce order ‘helps’ Maharashtra cops nab homicide accused hiding in Karnataka
Feb 15, 2025 10:07 PM IST
Rakshit Vasudev Pujari was wished for the 2019 homicide of a 28-year-old man in Nalasopara of Maharashtra’s Palghar district.
5 years after he was allegedly concerned in a homicide in Maharashtra, a person was nabbed from neighbouring Karnataka after police managed to find him by monitoring an order positioned by him on an e-commerce web site.
In keeping with a PTI report, Rakshit Vasudev Pujari, often known as Babu, had been absconding for the reason that homicide of a 28-year-old man at a bar in Nalasopara of Maharashtra’s Palghar district.
4 different accused – Abhishek Raviprakash Pandey, Sagar Ajay Rajoria, Rohit Amarnath Dubey and Saurabh Jayshankar Pandey – have been arrested on the time.
A case was registered towards the 5 males for homicide, use of harmful weapons, and different offences beneath Indian Penal Code, the erstwhile nationwide penal code.
The arrest
Pujari was arrested on February 13 after his household was traced in Karnataka by a police workforce beneath senior inspector Samir Ahirrao, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Madan Ballal informed PTI.
The household was in contact with an individual in Karnataka’s Chikmagalur, ACP Ballal added.
“We additionally traced a cellular quantity linked to the identical particular person. This quantity was additional linked to a checking account, which we discovered belonged to Pujari’s father. After Pujari positioned an order on an e-commerce platform, we tracked the supply location and arrested him from Chikmagalur,”the officer stated.
Following his arrest, Pujari was dropped at Maharashtra’s Vasai on transit remand and handed over to Tulinj police station for additional motion.
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