MUMBAI, Dec. 16 -- The crime branch has taken custody of notorious gangster Subhash Singh Thakur from Fatehgarh Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the 2022 murder of Virar-based builder Samay Chauhan. Thakur, who is believed to have been a mentor to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, will be brought to Vasai on Tuesday and produced before the Thane MCOCA court. Chauhan, 32, was shot dead on February 26, 2022, in Manvelpada area of Virar by two bike-borne assailants. The police had earlier invoked provisions of MCOCA in the case and arrested 13 accused, including alleged shooters and intermediaries. Investigators said the murder was allegedly triggered by a dispute between local builder Rahul Dubey and Chauhan, with the killing executed as a contract hit. Dubey was arrested from Balia in Bihar, while the shooters Manish Singh and Rahul Sharma, 34, along with accomplice Abhishek Singh, 30, were arrested from Varanasi. Megha Sood...