Overview

• Commissioner Milind Bharambe’s directive to revisit pending homicides prompted fresh efforts to locate Laxman Kakde.
• Under ACP Ajaykumar Landge’s guidance, the Crime Branch leveraged the central government’s NATGRID portal for technical intelligence.
• A team led by SPI Sunil Shinde apprehended Kakde in Khed, Pune district, on July 1 and handed him over to the APMC Police.
• Kakde allegedly stabbed driver Ajinath Trimbak Daud over a Rs 1,000 payment dispute in Vashi in November 2011 and evaded arrest since.
• The accused is remanded in custody as APMC Police prepare formal murder charges under IPC Section 302 and pursue further investigation.