Bihar youth arrested for murder of 2 women in Thane

Thane (

Maha

), Jun 28 () A 20-year-old youth hailing from Bihar was arrested for murdering two elderly women at Kalyan in Thane district, police said today. Nandakishore alias

Fantu Manoj Prasad Vai

was arrested yesterday for murdering two women last week and sent to police custody till July 8 by a court today. Additional commissioner of police (crime)

Makarand Ranade

said that

Kamal Baliram Dudhkar

(70) and

Lilabai Ganpat Dudhkar

(60) were found murdered at their house in

Khadegolavali

in Kalyan on the intervening night of June 17 and 18. Their jewellery and other valuables were missing. Investigators zeroed in

Nandkishor

, who worked as a labourer at a powerloom in Kalyan and who ate his meals at a mess run by the deceased women. A police team was sent to his hometown

Arwal

in Bihar. The search was conducted at his father's house two cameras, two

gold

rings, two gold bangles, mangalsutra, etc, worth Rs 3.37 lakh were recovered from there. Nandkishor's father was arrested for giving him shelter and abetting the crime. When the accused, who was absconding, learnt about this, he tried to commit suicide by consuming poison and was admitted to a local hospital. After he was discharged yesterday, the police arrested him and brought to Kalyan by flight and produced in court. Inspector

Shailendra Nagarkar

, who led the investigating team, said Nandkishor's father needed money for constructing house, which prompted the youth to commit the crime. CORR

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