The Bhandup police on Tuesday arrested five family members of a woman on the charge of killing her live-in partner. The officers said the 38-year-old victim was fatally assaulted after he kicked the pregnant daughter of his live-in partner. An auto driver has also been taken into custody for his involvement in the crime.

The police control room received a call at 6.34 am about an injured person lying at Samarth Garden. They took him to MT Agarwal Hospital where doctors said he was already dead. The police established the man’s identity as Vinod Vilas Satam, resident of Gurkha Chawl at Shiv Nagar in Bhandup West.