Overview
- The MBVV Crime Branch took Thakur from Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehgarh Central Jail and brought him to Virar.
- A special MCOCA court in Thane sent him to police custody until December 22.
- Builder Vishwajit alias Samay Singh Chauhan, 32, was shot dead on February 26, 2022 in Virar by two bike-borne attackers.
- Investigators link the plot to a property rivalry involving local builder Rahul Dubey, with Dubey held in Bihar and alleged shooters and an accomplice arrested in Varanasi.
- Thakur had remained at BHU’s Sir Sunderlal Hospital since 2019 before returning to jail in 2024, and he is already serving a life term in the JJ Hospital shootout case.