Maharashtra: Man's dead body found in Thane, investigations launched

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A man's dead body was found in a creek in Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday, a civic official said, according to the PTI.

Local firemen received an alert about an unidentified man's dead body being spotted in the creek near Kharigaon toll naka in the morning, chief of the civic disaster management cell Yasin Tadvi said, reported the PTI.

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The body of a man in his early 60s was fished out by firemen and RDMC personnel, and was sent to a government hospital in Bhiwandi for post-mortem, he said.

It is suspected to be a case of suicide. The police have registered an accidental death report, and efforts are on to establish the identity of the deceased, the official said.

Meanwhile, two men were arrested after they allegedly killed their friend after brutally assaulting him in Dombivli area of Thane in Maharashtra, the police said, according to the PTI.

The police had on Monday recovered a man's dead body dumped near a creek in Dombivili town of Maharashtra's Thane district, the police said on Tuesday.

The man in his 40s had head injuries and was found dead near a creek in Devichapada in Thane, an official said.

The deceased was later identified as Somnath Shinde, he said.

The police zeroed in on Somnath Shinde's friends- Yogesh Dongre, Vilan Tawre and Deepak Karkade, who were allegedly consuming alcohol with him on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, the official said, as per the PTI.

The accused allegedly beat Somnath Shinde to death following a quarrel and dumped his body near the creek, he said.

The police have arrested Yogesh Dongre and Vilan Tawre and are on the lookout for the third suspect, who reportedly absconded after the murder, the official said.

In an another incident, the police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old man whose body was found in a decomposed state in the bushes along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Tuesday, according to the PTI.

The police arrested two accused, both aged 30, on Sunday and are on the lookout for a juvenile involved in the crime that occurred on November 8, the official said.

A body was found in a severely decomposed state in the bushes near Bafna bridge on the highway on November 22. Following a probe, the victim was identified as Lavesh Ramesh Mali, a resident of Kaman, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Madan Ballal said, as per the PTI.

(with PTI inputs)