Thane crime: Man beaten to death; three booked in murder case

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Police have registered a case against three persons for allegedly beating to death a 49-year-old man after a dispute in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Tuesday, reported PTI.

The incident took place at around 1 am on Monday when the victim while walking accidentally pushed the accused in Vitthalwadi locality of Ulhasnagar, he said.
The accused got angry and allegedly beat up the man severely, the official said quoting a complaint filed by the victim's son.

On Monday morning, the victim's son received a phone call from his father saying some people beat him up and he was in a hospital. The complainant then took his father to a government hospital in Ulhasnagar, but as the victim had breathing problems, he was rushed to a civic-run hospital in Kalwa area.

As there was no oxygen bed available there, the victim was rushed to the KEM Hospital in neighbouring Mumbai where he vomitted and doctors later declared him dead, according to the FIR.

The victim's son subsequently filed a police complaint against the three accused.

The police said an acquaintance of the deceased informed his son that he had seen the three accused beating up the victim severely.

Based on the complaint, the police early Tuesday morning registered a case against the three accused under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention), the official said.

No arrest was made so far, he said, adding a probe was on into the case.

In a separate incident in Thane, earlier on July 15, a 41-year-old man allegedly attacked and injured his wife and later killed himself by hanging himself at their house, according to the PTI. The incident took place in a plush housing complex in Badlapur area of the Thane city around 4 am. Following a quarrel, Sunil Aher allegedly attacked his wife Archana with a stick in the early hours of the day and she suffered severe head injuries, police said.

Aher rushed his wife to a hospital. He later returned home and hanged himself in the bedroom of the apartment, he said. Neighbours alerted the police and the deceased man's body was sent for post-mortem, the official said. The couple's two minor sons were at home at the time of the incident and informed the neighbours when they found their father hanging in the bedroom, he said.

(With inputs from PTI)