Man wanted for highway dacoity in Maharashtra's Thane nabbed from MP

THANE: After evading authorities for six years, a 48-year-old man, who was wanted in a case of dacoity in Maharashtra's Thane, was arrested in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, the police on Friday apprehended the accused from Madhya Pradesh's Bind district and brought him to Palghar district.
According to assistant police inspector Datta Sarak, the arrested accused was part of a gang that waylaid a truck on Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in September, 2018.
The gang attacked the driver and cleaner of the truck and decamped with the vehicle laden with copper worth more than Rs 1.6 crore, he said.
A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) was registered against the accused, three of whom were arrested, the official said.
With the latest arrest, the police are on the lookout for four more accused involved in the crime, he said.
(With inputs from PTI)