Thane, February 22 Police have arrested a 24-year-old man from Palghar who had been on the run for over a year in connection with a murder that occurred during a New Year party in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.
The incident took place in the Kashimira area in the early hours of January 1, 2025, when the victim and his friends had gathered for the celebration at the house of one of them.
While they were dancing to music being played on a sound system installed there, an argument broke out between one of them and a local man over the playing of a song, a police official said.
The man later called his associates to the spot, and they allegedly assaulted the victim and his friends with wooden sticks and other objects, the police said.
In the attack, Raja Pariyar sustained serious injuries and died, while two of his friends were seriously injured, the official said.
Based on a complaint by one of the injured persons, the Kashimira police had registered a case against five absconding accused, charging them with murder and other offences.
Based on technical analysis and specific information, the police traced one of the accused, identified as Aadesh alias Chala Prakash Jadhav, to Wakipada in Naigaon, Vasai, in neighbouring Palghar district, and took him into custody on February 19, the police said.
The search for the other accused is ongoing, the police said.
