Trader killed in Mumbai; two arrested

A city-based trader was killed in Mumbai after he was fatally attacked by two persons near his house in suburban Andheri, police said on Thursday.

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The victim, Ramu Dhotre, who is into transport business, was attacked on Wednesday with sharp-edged weapons near his residence at Gilbert road in Andheri (West), they said.

Hearing the victim scream, his brother intervened to rescue him. However, Ramu died on the spot and his brother sustained injuries, a police officer from DN Nagar police station said.

The assailants have been arrested and booked for murder. The motive behind the killing is not clear yet and probe was underway, the officer said.

The entire incident was captured in the CCTV camera installed in the area.