Police in Latur have arrested a 46-year-old accountant in connection with the murder of a security guard at a hospital in the city, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to three. The arrest follows a series of developments in the investigation of the brutal killing of 35-year-old Balu Bharat Dongre, who was employed as a security guard at Icon Hospital.

According to the police, Dongre was severely beaten on December 11, and he later succumbed to his injuries. A murder case was filed at the Shivajinagar police station against Dr Pramod Ghuge, the owner of the hospital, and his nephew Aniket Munde. Ghuge, who is the primary suspect in the murder, was apprehended on December 23 at an ashram in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Munde was arrested a couple of days later, on the night between December 25 and 26, by the local police.