Man held 3 years after murdering Thane priest

On May 15, 2013, Rimpujay Dole strangled Rameshwar Yadav and later stabbed his body several times to ensure that he was dead

Officers from Kapurbawdi police station on Saturday arrested a Karnataka man, said to be in his 40s, for murdering a Thane priest in 2013. The deceased was identified as Rameshwar Yadav, 80, who worked for a security firm in Kapurbawdi. The accused, Rimpujay Dole, was Yadav’s neighbour at Kolshet Road in Thane.

Thane cops arrested Dole after they received a tip-off about his hideout in Karnataka. (Rep pic/HT photo)

On May 15, 2013, Dole strangled Yadav to death and later stabbed his body several times to ensure that he was dead. Dole then fled to Assam with his wife Manju and the police have been on his lookout ever since.

The police recently received a tip-off about Dole’s hideout in Karnataka, following a team went to the neighbour state and arrested him on Saturday. He was brought to Thane and produced in a court, which remanded him in police custody for the next four days.

A police officer from Kapurbawdi police station said, “Yadav used to hand over his pension, Rs5,000, to Dole for safekeeping. However, Dole refused to give back the money when Yadav asked for it. This lead to an argument between the two, following which Dole murdered Yadav.”

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