Mumbai, Mar 15 (PTI) A 29-year-old Mumbai resident celebrating Holi with his friends was attacked with a sharp weapon by a man in the city's Borivali area, police said on Saturday.

Accused Akash Shinde (27) targeted victim Mallesh Narasayya Gattappa on Thursday late at night, an official said.

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During ‘Holika Dahan', Gattappa was engrossed in a conversation with a few friends when Shinde arrived.

Shinde, who reportedly had past enmity with the complainant, picked an argument with him and assaulted him with a sharp weapon, the official said.

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On Gattappa's complaint, Borivali police registered a case of attempt to murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Arms Act and later arrested Shinde, he added.

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