BHIWANDI: A 31-year-old man was arrested from Kalyan on Saturday for his alleged involvement in four murder cases in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region from where he hails. Virendra Kolhe, had disguised himself with a new identity, and sported a new look. He worked at a two-wheeler service centre in Kalyan.
The Bhiwandi crime branch team of Thane police, led by senior inspector Ashok Honmane, said Kolhe committed the fourth murder in 2019 while he was on bail in the third which took place in 2018.
Honmane told TOI, “We learnt recently that he was hiding in Kalyan. We started looking for him with just his photo and cranked up our informer network before locating him in Chakkinaka area.” As he is a “habitual criminal”, police ran a check to see if he was involved in any offence here. “We haven’t found him involved in any,” said an officer. Kolhe was handed over to the Yavatmal district police on Sunday.