Thane (Maharashtra): The Thane police on Saturday solved a sensational double homicide case of a hotelier and his assistant in Mira Road city nabbing the accused holed up in Pune inside 12 hours, a prime official mentioned right here.

The accused, Kallu Yadav turned out to be a serial offender, who had been jailed earlier for 2 extra murders in Kolkata. Yadav has mentioned that the victims tortured and starved him throughout the lockdown which led him to take the step.

On Friday, two our bodies had been recovered from a water tank of a wellknown native eatery, Shabari Bar & Restaurant.

A Mira Road police staff that recovered the our bodies obtained the identification that it was resort supervisor Harish Shetty and his assistant Naresh Pandit, whereas a 3rd individual Kallu Yadav was lacking.

Since all different staffers had fled to their native villages after lockdown, the three had been staying within the resort premises, mentioned Superintendent of Police (Thane Rural) Dr. Shivaji Rathod.

Since Yadav’s whereabouts had been unknown, police tracked his cell phone to study that he was hiding in Pune and dispatched a staff to select him up.

Hailing from Kanchanpur-Pipri, Dohrighat, Mahu district of Uttar Pradesh, Yadav, 35, was nabbed from Sajan Bar close to Nilayam Bridge in Pune, he added.

He was arrested and delivered to Thane, however throughout interrogation he made one other surprising revelation that he was jailed for killing two safety guards in Kolkata a number of years in the past.

“Besides the previous two murders in Kolkata and now the double-murder in Mira Road, the accused had cases of assault and other charges lodged by Pune Police also,” Rathod mentioned.

During questioning, Yadav claimed that the victims – Shetty and Pandit used to torture, assault and starve him throughout lockdown whereas they used to feast and drink within the resort premises.

Nursing a grudge, he attacked and killed them on May 31, dumped their our bodies within the resort water tank, grabbed their mobiles and fled to Pune, mentioned Rathod.

The complete fast-paced investigation was directed by Rathod wherein police officers Sanjaykumar Patil, Shantaram Walvi, Vyankat Andhale, Sandeep Kadam, and their respective groups managed to unravel the crime inside 12 hours.