Overview
- Police say a 51-year-old resident opened fire on three men at Bismillah Chawl around 11:30 am Thursday, killing one and injuring two.
- Doctors at Kalsekar Hospital declared Akbar Abdul Sheikh dead, while Abdul Hasan Sheikh and Sameer Ahmed Sheikh are being treated for gunshot wounds.
- Officers recovered a revolver and later said they intercepted the suspect in a car about 4 km from the scene, and they also arrested a woman who had called him for help.
- The accused told police he acted after the trio stalked a woman he considers his sister, with CCTV showing a confrontation before three shots were fired from a country-made revolver.
- Police have registered murder and attempted murder cases under India’s new criminal code and the Arms Act, and they are taking witness statements and tracing the weapon as residents worry after several recent shootings in the Thane–Mumbra area.