Pickpocket held for murder after 4 years

Pune: A 30-year-old pickpocket, on the run after murdering his accomplice in Karnataka in 2012, was arrested from Yerwada on Monday.
The Pune crime branch (unit-V) team led by senior inspector M M Mujawar arrested Mosin alias Baba Badesaab Shaikh, originally from Yadgir district in Karnataka but currently residing in Yerwada, with the help of a tip-off.
Shaikh and his accomplice Amar Kamble, from Solapur, used to pick pockets in trains and share the loot. "By 2012, Shaikh and Kamble and their accomplices had collected around Rs 50,000. To share the amount, they all went to Shaikh's native place," assistant inspector of the crime branch Mahadev Waghmode said.
Kamble then got into a fight with Shaikh over sharing the money. Angered by this, Shaikh and others beat up Kamble. Waghmade said, "Shaikh stabbed Kamble to death by using antlers. The other suspects chopped Kamble's body parts, set them on fire and dumped the remains into a river, in Karnataka."
Karnataka police registered the offence of murder against unknown persons.
On Monday, police constables Laxman Shinde and Sachin Gholap received a tip-off that Shaikh would be near his house. "We laid a trap and took him into custody," Waghmode said.
During the questioning, Shaikh admitted to his involvement in Kamble's murder. Shaikh has cases of attempt to murder, dacoity and body offences registered against him. "We have handed him over to the Karnataka police," Waghmode added.
The Pune crime branch on Monday arrested a 30-year-old pick pocket from Yerawada, who was on the run for four years after brutally murdering his accomplice in Karnataka in 2012.
The police said the suspect Mosin alias Baba Badesaab Shaikh is currently residing at Yerawada but is originally from Yadgir district in Karnataka. The crime branch (unit-V) team led by senior inspector M M Mujawar arrested Shaikh on a tip-off.
Shaikh and his accomplice Amar Kamble from Solapur used to pick pockets in the moving trains. They used to share the booty among them. In the year 2012, Kamble, Shaikh and their accomplices had collected as many as Rs 50,000 from pick-pocketing in the moving trains. To share the booty all of them had gone to Shaikh's native place in Yadgir district in Karnataka, said assistant inspector of the crime branch Mahadev Waghmode.
Waghmode said that Kamble and others including Shaikh had entered into a brawl over sharing Rs 50,000. Angered by this Shaikh and others had severely beaten up Kamble. "Shaikh then had stabbed Kamble to death by using antlers. "The suspects had then chopped Kamble's body parts and set them on fire. Later, they had dumped the remains of the body into a river in Karnataka," Waghmode said.
He said that after the recovery of the body parts, the Karnataka police had registered the offence of murder against unknown persons. Later, the police had arrested few suspects, but the main suspect Shaikh was on the run since the day of the murder, Waghmode said.
Waghmode said that the police constables Laxman Shinde and Sachin Gholap has received a tip-off that Shaikh would be coming near his house in Yerawada on Monday. "We laid a trap and took him into the custody," Waghmode said.
During the questioning Shaikh had admitted his involvement in the murder of his accomplice Amar Kamble. Shaikh has cases of attempt to murder, dacoity attempt and body offences registered against him. "We have handed him over to the Karnataka police for further investigations," Waghmode added.