India, May 7 -- The Shahapur police and the Local Crime Branch of the Thane rural police cracked a murder case after an unidentified man whose body was found dumped near Umbarrakhand village, located near Kasara, along the Mumbai-Nashik highway on April 30. The accused, two of them contract killers, were arrested on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Ashok Sukhdev, 28, a resident of Sinnar tehsil in Nashik district. Around 11.30am on April 30, residents of the village noticed his body lying amid the roadside bushes with stab wounds, indicating a violent murder, said a police officer. A case was registered for murder and causing the disappearance of evidence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, against unknown persons. A joint tea...