Two held for robbing and killing Thane jeweller, others on run

THANE: Six days after a jeweller from Thane was reported missing, two people, including a cabbie, have been arrested in the murder case. Dacoity appears to be the motive of the murder, the police said, adding that at least two other persons could be involved in the crime. Nearly 1.5kg of silver worth at least Rs 1 lakh has been seized from one of the arrested persons, said a police officer.
The body of the jeweller, Bharat Jain, who owned a shop in Charai locality of Thane, was fished out of Retibunder creek at Kalwa on Friday. As he did not return home until late evening on August 15, his wife had lodged a missing person’s complaint.
Jain had the keys of his shop. Footage from cameras installed outside his jewellery store show him being taken away by a few men, said senior police inspector of Naupada police station, Ravi Kshirsagar.
The police would not give specific information of the motive of the crime and did not even identify the arrested persons.
Technical and human intelligence helped nab the two, is all what inspector Avinash Sondkar said.