Two held from MP Jabalpur in Donje kidnap-murder case; Third accused flees

Two men wanted in a kidnapping case in Pune were arrested from a train in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur on Saturday, police said.

Police suspect that the duo and their accomplice murdered the victim.

Subham Sonwane (24) and Milind Thorat (25) were detained from the Godan Express train at Jabalpur railway station based on inputs from Pune police, Jabalpur GRP station in-charge Balram Yadav told PTI .

Another accused Yogesh Bhame, a resident of Donaje village in Pune’s Haveli tehsil, managed to escape.

Sonawane and Thorat are residents of Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra, the police officer said.

“The trio was wanted for allegedly kidnapping a man and allegedly committing murder. A case was registered by Pune police,” Yadav said.

The accused will be handed over to the Pune Police, he said, adding that the operation was carried out by officials of the Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force (RPF).

The three are accused of kidnapping Vitthal Polekar, a 65-year-old contractor and deputy sarpanch from Donje village in Pune.

He was kidnapped two days ago and his relatives have told police that the crime was committed for a ransom of Rs 2 crore.

Pune police said some body parts were recovered from near a village near Panshet dam.

“A DNA analysis will determine whether the remains are Polekar’s. We have traced two suspects involved in the kidnapping to Jabalpur. They planned to flee to Nepal. We had already arrested one Rohit Bhame in the kidnapping case. There may be old enmity. behind the kidnapping and murder,” he said.