Overview
- A special Government Railway Police team tracked and arrested 55-year-old Sandeep Krishnan in Bihar after tracing his phone through call detail records and mobile tower data, with the arrest made on Sunday, October 18.
- Police say the case began on January 14, 1998 when a body was found on the tracks between Dombivli and Kopar and later identified as 22-year-old Shailesh More.
- Investigators now treat the death as a deliberate killing, alleging More was strangled and his body placed on the tracks to make the death look like a train accident.
- Authorities say the suspected motive was resentment over More having divorced Krishnan’s sister, and a Bihar court granted a transit warrant that allowed Krishnan to be brought to Dombivli and remanded to police custody.
- A chargesheet was filed years ago but three co-accused remained at large, and police say the same technical-surveillance approach will be used as they continue efforts to locate and arrest the remaining suspects.