The trio operated in Mumbai, Pune and Thane, their modus operandi was to befriend the drivers and con them into consuming cold drinks spiked with sedatives and rob them.
The gruesome crime turned out to be the fallout of a petty dispute between the maternal uncle of the deceased with the accused over fuel at a petrol pump in Kashimira.
The crime branch unit (zone I) of the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police had teamed up with their Gujarat counterparts, to trace the girls within 48 hours after they left their homes
The crime branch unit (Zone I) of the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police has detained a 14-year-old minor boy who allegedly stole motorcycles for joyrides and dumped them after they ran out of fuel.