Private steel firm worker beaten to death by colleague in South Mumbai; accused absconding

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A 39-year-old worker hailing from Gujarat was beaten to death allegedly by his colleague at a private steel company in south Mumbai in the wee hours of Monday, police said, reported news agency PTI.

The incident took place between 1 am and 1.30 am at Sentec Coated Steels Pvt Ltd in Girgaon, an official said.

The deceased was identified by police as Ramesh Hajaji Chaudhary, a resident of Banaskantha in adjoining Gujarat, reported PTI.

The accused, Suraj Sanjay Mandal (22), who stayed and worked in the same premises, assaulted Chaudhary with a wooden stool and a fire extinguisher, leading to his on-the-spot death, according to the official, reported PTI.

However, what triggered the murderous attack was still not known, he stated.

A case of murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered against the accused, and efforts were on to nab him, the official added.

Doctor abducted, robbed of Rs 2 lakh in Thane; five booked

In another case, a 35-year-old doctor of a civic hospital was allegedly abducted by five persons, who posed as policemen, held him captive and robbed him of Rs 2 lakh, in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said, reported PTI.

The Kalwa police on Thursday registered a case under sections 140(2) (kidnapping or abducting to murder or for ransom, etc.), 309(4) (robbery) and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for the incident, an official said.

According to the police, the accused, including a man known to the doctor, abducted him from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa around 9 am on November 8.

"One of the accused, Irfan Azgar Ali, arrived with four others, who posed as policemen. They forced the doctor into a vehicle, took him to Nashik, where they threatened to implicate him in a fake currency case. The accused took away Rs 2 lakh that the victim had with him, and demanded Rs 12 lakh from him," the official said, reported PTI.

The doctor managed to escape captivity by evening and returned to his house in Vartak Nagar, after which he submitted a written complaint, he said, reported PTI.

The official said that the police were probing the case and no arrests had been made so far.

(With inputs from PTI)