A 60-year-old labourer sleeping on the footpath near Magarpatta Township, Hadapsar, was dragged and pushed into a five- metre deep ditch on Saturday night, dying in the assault.
The deceased has been identified as Vasant Doke (60), a resident of Wadachiwadi in Undri, while the accused has been identified as Rahul Parshuram Baravkar (32), a daily wage worker and a resident of Malwadi in Hadapsar.
According to the first information report (FIR) lodged by the deceased’s son, Vishal (34), his father was sleeping outside a wine shop in the said area when he was forcibly woken up by Baravkar.
Vasant got angry and in a fit of rage brandished his footwear in the direction of Baravkar. Baravkar, in a fit of rage, told him that he would teach him a lesson and assaulted him. He allegedly pulled him towards a five-foot deep ditch and threw him down.
Police have arrested Baravkar under charges of murder.