The police claimed to have made a breakthrough in the assassination of a cable operator at Ulhasnagar a few days ago after the arrest of a person from Sangli district on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference here today, Joint Commissioner of Police V V Lakshmi Narayana told reporters that it was on September 11, when two unidentified men barged into the office of cable operator Sacchanand Atmram Karira (50) in Ulhasnagar and shot him at point blank range.
Karira died on way to hospital and offences under Section 302 along with the Arms act was registered against unknown assailants.
The police which had formed different teams to nab the killers spotted three people in an autorickshaw at Murbad after the shootout, the police official said.
The police arrested one Nitin Audhade in connection with the killing of the cable operator, the police official said.
Two others have been detained in connection with the offence and their interrogation is on, the police official said.
The police official said that two offences were registered earlier at Ulhasnagar under Section 395, Section 397 and Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code at Ulhasnagar in 2002, besides another offence under Section 3 and Section 25 of the Arms Act at Kurla police station in 2012.
The police is trying to find out who hired killers to liquidate the cable operator, the police official said.
There is no record of the victim having informed the police about any threat to him by anybody earlier demanding ransom, the police official said.
