Man murdered, body stuffed into drum: Thane cops arrest nurse, brother; her kin on the run

THANE: (May 15) More than a month after a 24-year-old civil engineer was found murdered, with his body stuffed in a drum and thrown into a nullah in Vasai in Palghar district, Thane police on Friday said it had solved the case, leading to the arrest of a nurse and her brother.

The murder of Arbaz Khan was the fallout of a failed extortion bid, the Mumbra police station official added.

"The probe began after Khan, employed with a private firm in Dombivali here, went missing on April 3 while proceeding to Dadar in Mumbai to collect a work-related payment and his father lodged a complaint with police. The analysis of his call records led to nurse Mehjabin Sheikh, with whom he was in a relationship," the official said.