Maharashtra: Man kills youth over love affair

The accused, whose identity was yet to be established, accosted the youth and fired at him from point blank range in Savarkar Nagar and fled from there shortly before midnight, Vartak Nagar police sub-inspector AE Gole said.

A man allegedly shot dead a youth when he found him with a girl he was in love with, police said on Friday.

The incident took place when Arjun Ashok Tushankar (18), who worked as a house cleaner, was returning home with the girl late Thursday night after offering prayers at a temple.

The accused, whose identity was yet to be established, accosted the youth and fired at him from point blank range in city's Savarkar Nagar locality and fled from there shortly before midnight, Vartak Nagar police sub-inspector AE Gole said.

The youth collapsed and died on the spot, he said.

Police suspect that both the accused and the deceased were reportedly in love with the girl and the two men also had a dispute over the issue, he said.

The body has been sent for postmortem. A manhunt has been launched to nab the assailant, police said, adding that it was yet to be ascertained whether the accused was alone or accompanied by someone at the time of committing the offence.

Senior police officials visited the spot where the offence took out and were supervising investigation into the crime.