42-year-old killed in Worli for misbehaving with woman

The accused have been identified as Sachin Kavandar, 32 and Bhavesh Salve, 22. The incident happened in the late hours of Wednesday, said a police officer from Worli Police Station, adding, “We got a call informing us that the victim – identified as Ranjan Das, a resident of Prem Nagar, Worli – was badly beaten by two people and he was lying on the road.”

Mumbai: Two people were arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing a 42-year-old man, who allegedly misbehaved with the wife of one of the accused. The duo allegedly intercepted the victim in Worli and assaulted him with bamboo and stones.

After reaching the spot, the police rushed Das to BYL Nair Hospital where he was declared brought dead. “When we questioned people in the surrounding area, we came to know that Kavandar, also a resident of Prem Nagar and his nephew as well as neighbour Salve had beaten the deceased with bamboo sticks and stones,” said the police officer. (Image for representation)

The accused have been identified as Sachin Kavandar, 32 and Bhavesh Salve, 22. The incident happened in the late hours of Wednesday, said a police officer from Worli Police Station, adding, “We got a call informing us that the victim – identified as Ranjan Das, a resident of Prem Nagar, Worli – was badly beaten by two people and he was lying on the road.”

After reaching the spot, the police rushed Das to BYL Nair Hospital where he was declared brought dead. “When we questioned people in the surrounding area, we came to know that Kavandar, also a resident of Prem Nagar and his nephew as well as neighbour Salve had beaten the deceased with bamboo sticks and stones,” said the police officer.

The police officer said that Das had purportedly misbehaved with Kavandar’s wife and verbally abused her and when Kavandar came to know about it, he sought help from Salve and the duo assaulted the victim.

“They bashed Das with bamboo sticks and stones and fled after he started bleeding,” said the police officer, adding that all the three did petty jobs in housing societies around Prem Nagar, like washing cars, etc.

The duo was booked under sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They were produced before a metropolitan magistrate court in Dadar and remanded to police custody till May 15.