India, Oct. 12 -- Two absconding accused in the murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar were brought to Thane on Sunday after police obtained transit remand from a local Prayagraj court. They were arrested on Friday in Uttar Pradesh by a joint team of the Thane police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF).

The accused, Santosh Kanaujiya, 41, and Amit Singh, 32, alias Paplu, were traced to the Naini area of Prayagraj. With their arrests, five people have now been held in the case. The other three accused, identified as Papya Shinde, Nikhil Yadav and Nitesh Pawar, are already in police custody.

Kanaujiya lives in Manpada, Thane, while Singh works as an autorickshaw driver and resides i...