Around 10 pm on Tuesday, a resident of Sant Niwas at Goa street in South Mumbai, found a 75-year-old man lying in a pool of blood in the passage that leads to the first floor staircase of the building. On informing the Mata Ramabai Ambedkar (MRA) police, a team immediately reached the spot and shifted the man to St. George Hospital, where he was declared dead. The cops have registered a murder case against unknown persons.

According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Aja Tenzing Lama, a native of Tibet. He was staying in the flat alone. Speaking on condition of anonymity, an officer from MRA police station said, "We found a man in his 70s lying in a pool of blood near the staircase. He was taken to St. George Hospital, where the doctors declared him dead on arrival."