Overview
- Harun Ali Mustakin Ali Sayyed was apprehended on May 26 in Talasari, Palghar district, after living under a false identity in Vasai (East).
- He was handed over to the Virar police and remanded in custody for four days to face charges for the October 14, 2001 stabbing of passenger Moharam Ali.
- Crime Branch Unit-III of the Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar police reopened the long-dormant case five months ago as a dedicated cold case investigation.
- The probe team re-examined old records, conducted extensive witness and family interviews, and activated informants across Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
- Initial investigations by PSI M.G. Khairnar resulted in a chargesheet filed under Section 299 of the CrPC after Sayyed absconded following the murder.