Palghar man wanted for 2019 murder held from Karnataka after cops track e-commerce order
Palghar, Feb 15 (PTI): A man wanted in a 2019 murder case in Nalasopara in Palghar district was nabbed from neighbouring Karnataka after police tracked an order he placed on an e-commerce site.
A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death during a bar altercation in March 2019, leading to a case against five persons for murder, use of dangerous weapons and other offences under Indian Penal Code.
While four of the accused, Abhishek Raviprakash Pandey, Sagar Ajay Rajoria, Rohit Amarnath Dubey and Saurabh Jayshankar Pandey were held at the time, fifth accused Babu alias Rakshit Vasudev Pujari absconded.
A team of Crime Unit II under senior inspector Samir Ahirrao recently managed to trace Pujari's family in Karnataka and found out they were in touch with a man in Ballehunur in Chikmagalur there, the official said.
"We also traced a mobile number linked to the same person. This number was also linked to a bank account, which we found belonged to Pujari's father. After Pujari placed an order on an e-commerce platform, we tracked the delivery location and arrested him from Chikmagalur," the official said.
Pujari was held on February 13, said Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Madan Ballal.
He was brought to Vasai on transit remand and handed over to Tulinj police station for further action, Ballal said.
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Trump’s fresh threat to bomb Iran amid reports of deal to end war
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Iran with more bombing if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz, amid a report that the warring sides were nearing an agreement to end the war.
US media outlet Axios reported, quoting US officials and two other sources, that the US and Iran were getting close to a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations.
The US expects Iranian responses on several key points over the next 48 hours, Axios reported, adding that nothing has been agreed yet. This was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began.
"Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before," Trump said.
According to Axios, the deal would involve Iran committing to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment, the US agreeing to lift its sanctions and release billions in frozen Iranian funds, and both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
It said many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached, leaving the possibility of renewed war or an extended limbo in which the hot war has stopped, but nothing is truly resolved.
