Thane, Oct 19 (PTI) Police have arrested four persons for allegedly killing a 50-year-old acquaintance following a dispute in Maharashtra’s Thane district, officials said.
The victim, Iliyas Niyaz Ahmed Qureshi alias Salim, took a mobile phone belonging to one of the accused, identified as Parmeshwar Andagale, and did not return it. The accused and his three associates confronted the victim near tracks close to Mumbra railway station on the night of October 13, a police official said on Sunday.
The argument escalated, and the four accused allegedly assaulted the victim using belts, wooden sticks and a water pipeline. The victim, who suffered critical injuries, was rushed to a hospital where he died during treatment, the official said.
Following the incident, the Mumbra police registered a murder case.
Police tracked down and apprehended Andagale and the three other accused – Mohammad Firoz Hanif Khan, Anil Chaure, and Sunil Pagar – from different locations on Saturday, the official said.
(PTI News)
