India News | Man Killed by Unidentified Persons in Thane
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 28-year-old man was killed by some unidentified persons here in Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.
Thane, Apr 26 (PTI) A 28-year-old man was killed by some unidentified persons here in Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.
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The incident took place on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Badlapur township here, they said.
Some passersby spotted the body of Prasad Jinjukre, who used to do painting work, near a bridge and alerted the police, Badlapur East police station's senior inspector Srikant Sonde said.
The culprits had smashed the victim's face with a stone, he said.
The police suspect that the victim might have had a quarrel with some persons while consuming liquor, but the exact motive behind the killing was not yet known.
The body was sent to a government hospital for postmortem.
A case was registered against unidentified persons under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, the police said, adding that no arrest was made so far.
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