A man suspected to be a mobile phone thief was killed by four local daily wage workers in Worli on Sunday. The Worli police have registered a case and arrested two of the four people and are looking for the third accused. The fourth person, a 17-year-old boy, has been sent to a juvenile home.

According to an officer of the Worli police station, the incident took place at Khau galli near Doordarshan between 4 am and 6 am. The deceased was found lying injured on the road in front of a construction site. The Worli police were informed and they took the youth to the Nair Hospital where the doctor declared him dead. The deceased was later identified by the police as Akash Kharwa, a local drug addict.