Thane: The Mira-Bhayander-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police crime branch has taken into custody notorious gangster Subhash Singh Thakur from Fatehgarh Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the 2022 murder of Virar-based builder Samay Chauhan. A special court has granted police custody remand of Thakur till December 22, 2025.
Thakur was brought to Vasai on Tuesday and produced before the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) court, where Special Public Prosecutor Sanjay More appeared on behalf of the Maharashtra government.
About The Case
A few years ago, a person named Samay Chauhan was murdered in the Mira Road area of Thane district of Maharashtra. The name of notorious gangster Subhash Singh Thakur had come to light in this murder case.
Notorious gangster Subhash Singh Thakur had given a contract to kill Samay Chauhan... An accused named Akhilesh Tiwari had murdered Samay Chauhan at the behest of Subhash Singh Thakur... Akhilesh Tiwari had disposed of the mobile phone after the murder at the behest of Subhash Singh Thakur.
So far, 13 accused have been arrested, including the alleged shooters and intermediaries. Police 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 Ballia in Bihar, while the shooters Manish Singh and Rahul Sharma (34), along with accomplice Abhishek Singh (30), were arrested from Varanasi on March 29.
Thakur, who is believed to have had close links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and is named as the prime accused in the conspiracy, could not be arrested earlier as he had been admitted since 2019 to Sir Sundarlal Hospital at Banaras Hindu University on medical grounds. He was shifted back to Fatehgarh Central Jail in 2024, following which the MBVV police initiated legal procedures to secure his custody in the Chauhan murder case.
Thakur is currently serving a life sentence in the JJ Hospital shootout case. Confirming the development, DCP (Crime), MBVV Police, Sandeep Doiphode, said Thakur has now been taken into custody for his alleged role in the planning and execution of the 2022 murder.
The police are also investigating how much money Subhash Singh Thakur was paid for Samay Chauhan's murder... Other cases are also registered against Subhash Singh, including extortion. The police will also investigate from that angle... Subhash Singh Thakur will be produced again in the Thane Sessions Court on December 22.
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