Maharashtra: Man found bludgeoned to death in Bhiwandi

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A 25-year-old man was found bludgeoned to death inside a locked room in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

The death came to light when people complained of foul smell coming from a room in a courier company's staff quarters in Ovali area on Thursday, assistant police inspector Prashant Aware of the Narpoli police station said.

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On breaking into the room on ground floor of the building, the police found the body of Hafizullah Jakaullah Ansari in a highly decomposed condition, he said.

According to the police, some unidentified persons had allegedly thrust a cotton cloth into the victim's mouth and hit him on the head with a hard and blunt object.

The assailants had allegedly fled after locking the room from outside, the official said, adding that a case under section 302 (murder) has been registered in this regard.

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