Two men allegedly strangled a Pune-based friend to death, transported the body in a four-wheeler and dumped it on a hill in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-monsoon-updates-beed-left-with-fodder-for-just-100-days-due-to-poor-monsoon-23651126" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra's Beed district</a>, police said on Sunday.
The motive behind the killing was not yet clear, they said, adding that the two accused have been arrested.
The accused visited the house of Abhishek Namdev Karkambe (23) at Shikrapur in Pune district, took him along on the pretext of an outing and then allegedly strangled him to death, a police official said.
They then transported the body in a four-wheeler to Ashti tehsil in Beed, located about 200 km from Pune, and tossed it into the dense shrubs lining Kanifnath Ghat along the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/watch-maratha-quota-manoj-jarange-leaves-for-mumbai-despite-police-denial-of-permission-for-protest-23650109" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Beed-Ahilyanagar state highway</a> before fleeing, he said.
When Abhishek failed to return home, his father confronted the friends, who gave evasive and misleading answers.
On Friday morning, the Ambhora police in Beed were alerted about an unidentified body spotted in Kanifnath Ghat. A police team then rushed to the spot and retrieved the body, the official said.
The body was kept at the Kada <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/lack-of-funds-for-resources-keep-more-than-200-newly-built-health-centres-locked-in-maharashtra-23545988" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Primary Health Centre</a> while police circulated photographs on social media to establish his identity.
After the deceased was identified as Abhishek from Shikrapur, his father lodged a complaint on Saturday, following which the police arrested the victim''s two friends and registered an FIR against them, the official said.
The police were conducting a probe to ascertain the reason behind the killing, he added.&nbsp;
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A 23-year-old Pune youth was allegedly strangled by two friends, who dumped his body near Kanifnath Ghat in Beed. Both accused were arrested

Pune youth killed, body dumped in Beed; two friends arrested

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The accused visited the house of Abhishek Namdev Karkambe (23) at Shikrapur in Pune district, took him along on the pretext of an outing and then allegedly strangled him to death, a police official said

Pune man strangled to death, body dumped on Beed hill; two friends arrested

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