2 Arrested For Allegedly Killing Cab Driver In Thane, Stealing Car: Cops

The two men were arrested from Uttar Pradesh.

Two people from Uttar Pradesh have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a cab driver and then dumping the body in Maharashtra's Thane, an official said on Thursday. The two men accused - Rahulkumar Baburao Gautam (24) and Dharmendrakumar alias Vakil Sampatram Gautam (27) - and four of their associates booked a cab on August 1 to go from Kalyan town in Thane to Dhule district. When the cab reached near the Kasara Ghat, they asked the driver to stop the vehicle. They then allegedly killed the cab driver, dumped the body near the ghat area and escaped with the car to Uttar Pradesh, the official from MFC police station in Kalyan said.