SRINAGAR: Police have arrested a 21-year-old man from Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly killing a co-worker at a power-loom factory in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said on Tuesday.
The accused, Sabir Rahamtullah Ansari, a resident of East Champaran in Bihar, and the victim, Neeraj Kumar Gopinath Vishwakarma, 40, from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, worked at a factory in the Khoni gram panchayat area of Bhiwandi city, said Vishwas Dagle, senior inspector at Nizampura police station.
On February 4, the accused allegedly robbed the victim of his salary and attacked him on the head and forehead with an iron hammer before fleeing. The victim was rushed to KEM Hospital in Mumbai, where he succumbed to his injuries on February 18.
Based on a complaint from a witness, police launched an intensive investigation and tracked the accused’s movements. An initial probe suggested he had fled to Delhi, prompting a special team to be dispatched to locate him. However, by the time the team reached the national capital, the suspect had already left.
Police examined CCTV footage from railway stations and tracked his mobile phone. Coordination with New Delhi railway police revealed that the accused had boarded a train to Jammu and Kashmir. Further technical analysis of his mobile phone records led investigators to his location in Anantnag.
With the assistance of Jammu and Kashmir Police, the accused was apprehended from a bakery at Lal Chowk in Anantnag on Sunday. Police recovered a stolen mobile phone and Rs 29,000 in cash from him.
The accused has been brought to Bhiwandi, and further investigations are underway, police said.
