Due to increasing population in the stretch between Mira Road and Virar which earlier had skeletal police presence and was governed by Thane (rural) police, several cases remained unsolved due to lack of resources.
On August 3, a body of a man, aged between 40 and 50 years, was found at an under-construction building situated in the Minara Tower area of Jogeshwari West.
The man had fled Mumbai after a rape case was filed against him and was staying at his sister’s house in Darbhanga, Bihar, when he was caught, the police said.