Man bludgeoned to death in Pune, four held
Suspects and the deceased have been at loggerheads since 2016, police said.
PUNE: The body of a man with criminal record was found lying at an open ground in Kharadi with his head bashed with a cement block, on Monday morning.
The man has been identified as Shailesh Ghadage (34), a resident of Chaudhary vasti in the Shantinagar area of Kharadi, according to police.
Four people were arrested on Monday evening. The four were identified as Raju Tukaram Aswale (23), a resident of Dinkar Pathare Vasti of Chandananagar; Akash Anil Devkar (25), a resident of Yerawada; Sunil Ravindra Patil (24), a resident of Kharadi; and Vishal Ramesh Bhadve (25), a resident of Chandannagar, according to the police.
The ground where he was found is located near a small restaurant in the area.
A family member was called to identify his body, after which, it was sent for post-mortem at a local hospital.
The suspects and the deceased have been at loggerheads since 2016, after a fight they had gotten into had turned violent, police said.
The suspected assailants had also been in a fight with the deceased three months ago over the same issue. This information was provided to the police by the deceased man’s brother Nilesh Ghadage (26), who is the complainant in the case.
The victim was hit with a cement block and wooden rod and has a history of criminal cases against him, including murder and attempted murder.
A case under Section 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code has been registered at Chandan nagar police station.