Pavement dweller found in south Mumbai with head smashed

The Azad Maidan police have recovered a paver block covered in blood.

The Azad Maidan police are on a look out for an unidentified man who smashed the face and head of a pavement dweller on Saturday night.

Police are attempting to identify the victim (HT Photo)

A suspected pavement dweller, in his late 20s, was found with his head smashed near Azad Maidan on Saturday night.

The Azad Maidan police are on the lookout for an unidentified man who smashed the face and head of the victim. The police have recovered the paver block covered in blood.

The victim was spotted lying motionless by a constable, Gopal Singh Narsingh Rajput, 36, who was patrolling the area near the Income Tax office. Sing alerted the control room and the man was taken St George hospital for post-mortem.

The police said the accused had smashed the victim’s head and face. “The paver block was covered in blood when we recovered it from the spot,” said an officer.

“By the condition of the body, it seems that the pavement dweller was killed owing to enmity,” said the officer. The police have registered a murder case.

The police are yet to trace the victim’s family and hand over the body to them, said the officer.