A 30-year-old member of the Kumar Pillai gang has been murdered by several local youth, after an argument over his pet dog. Over ten people barged into Anil Pandey’s house in Bhandup in the wee hours of Sunday and killed the gangster by stabbing him with knives and swords around ten hours after the argument over the dog.

The crime branch, along with the Bhandup police, has arrested Sameer Chavan (21), Gautam Ghadge (25), Sagar Gawas (24), Ravi Ware (22) and Sameer Kadam (26). Seven other accused (names not released by the police) in the case are said to be on the run and the cops are trying to trace them.