The Byculla police have arrested a history-sheeter after he allegedly murdered another criminal who was having an affair with his wife. The accused, identified as Sushant Salunkhe alias Kala Khatta, was booked for assault the night before but was let off by Bhoiwada cops.

Around 10.45 pm on Monday, victim Ganesh Pol, a resident of Sewri, was riding home with an associate when Salunkhe in a four-wheeler intercepted his bike at Barrister Nath Pai Road. He pulled him inside his car, 'strangled him first and then repeatedly bashed his head with a chopper' and dumped the body under the Eastern Freeway at Wadala, said police.