The police have arrested a man following the death of his elder brother after he along with his wife beat him up for plucking mangoes from his tree. Jaywant Patil and his wife Jayshree Patil attacked the 45-year-old with bamboo sticks and bricks at their house in Palsai village in Palghar's Wada Taluka on June 12. Dilip Yeshwant Patil, who sustained multiple injuries on his head and other parts of the body, succumbed to his injuries at JJ Hospital on Sunday.

According to police, Jaywant suspected that his elder brother had been plucking mangoes from his tree, planted behind his house, and was angry at him. On the day the incident took place, Yeshwant had picked up a mango from the ground but Jaywant assumed that he had plucked it from the tree and started beating him up. Moments later, his wife Jayshree also started assaulting him.