A Bhandup man was hacked to death by a mob in 2015 after his dog snatched a cricket ball from them and bit one person when they tried to retrieve it. A sessions court on Thursday convicted nine men associated with the crime and awarded them life sentence.

The victim, identified as Anil, had taken his dog Kiwi for a walk when a fight broke out between him and a man playing cricket. The attacker was identified as Sorabh, according to a report in Times of India.