Location of murder victim's stolen phone help police crack case, 1 held

Two months after a 49-year-old woman was found dead at a desolate stretch near Valap village in Panvel, the crime unit II of Navi Mumbai police last week succeeded in arresting the accused, identified as Sharad Ghanshyam Sahu, 45, from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh.

- Sameera Kapoor Munshi

NAVI MUMBAI: Information technology played a crucial role in identifying and hunting down the accused.

When the case was taken over by crime unit II in October, they found out that as the incident happened at an isolated area, there were no CCTVs or eyewitnesses. So, they decided to use advanced IT tools to locate clues.

"Detection was done using technical analysis of the data procured through an internet search engine. We were in receipt of dump data of over 1,000 odd people and their online activities, and using logical analysis, the list was weeded out and eventually we zeroed in on the suspect," said DCP, Crime, Amit Kale.