A man was remanded to the custody of Pimpri-Chinchwad police by a local court on Sunday for the murder of a ‘friend’ who slapped him during an argument while having dinner.
The deceased was identified as Prafulla Sampat Gaikwad (27), a resident of Phaltan in Satara. A complaint in the case was lodged by the deceased man’s brother Santosh Ramchandra Nimbalkar (42), a resident of Solu in Khed. The deceased worked for a contractor of the forest department while Nimbalkar worked for the water purifier plant where the murder happened.
The arrested man was identified as Deepak Digambar Bhimte (23) also a resident of Solu, Khed and is a native of Nagpur who worked for Nimbalkar, according to the police.
Gaikwad, the deceased man was eating dinner around midnight on Saturday at his house when the accused hurled an abuse at him. During the subsequent fight between the two, Gaikwad slapped the accused and started running away when the accused attacked him from behind with a stone that hit his head, according to the complainant.
“They were working at the plant for the past few weeks and had turned friends. While having dinner that night they got into a fight over some discussion,” said police sub-inspector Prakash Jadhav of Alandi police station who is investigating the case.
{{/usCountry}}“They were working at the plant for the past few weeks and had turned friends. While having dinner that night they got into a fight over some discussion,” said police sub-inspector Prakash Jadhav of Alandi police station who is investigating the case.
{{/usCountry}}A case under Section 302 (murder) and 504 (insult with an intention of provoking a breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Alandi police station.