Thane, Oct 14 A criminal case has been registered against five people for allegedly killing a 54-year-old man in Mumbra township in Maharashtra’s Thane district after he failed to return the mobile phone of one of them, a police official said on Wednesday.
The victim, identified as Ilyaz Niyaz Ahmed Qureshi alias Salim, was fatally attacked with sticks, pipes and belts on Tuesday evening over an ongoing dispute regarding a mobile phone belonging to one of the suspects.
The police official said that a case has been registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for murder, unlawful assembly and rioting.
No arrest has been made so far, and further investigation is underway.
(PTI News)
