Choreographer kills sister’s boyfriend, surrenders himself to the police

The victim and the accused met on Friday and consumed alcohol together, after which the accused beat him to death with a wooden stick

MUMBAI: A 21-year-old Bollywood choreographer from Malwani was arrested for allegedly beating his sister’s boyfriend to death on Friday after he had made derogatory statements about his sister and mother. The next day, he surrendered to the police.

The accused surrendered to the police on the next day.

According to the police, the victim, Nitin Premji Solanki, 40, a Jogeshwari resident, was in a relationship with the accused Ashish Joseph Shetty’s sister. For the past few days, Solanki had been making derogatory statements about Shetty’s sister and mother, questioning their character, which angered Shetty.

“On Friday night, Shetty had gone to Jogeshwari to meet Solanki, where they drank together till late at night and then went to Malwani, after which Shetty brutally beat Solanki to death with a wooden stick in a room near Krishna Ashram in Koliwada at Marve Road. He then slept there as he was intoxicated and exhausted,” said the Investigating officer at Malwani Police station, Gokul Jagtap.

On Saturday afternoon, Shetty approached the police, confessed to the crime and surrendered, he added.