Three held from Hyderabad for killing man over monetary dispute in Palghar

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Police in Maharashtra's Palghar district has arrested three persons from Hyderabad in connection with the murder of a 25-year-old man, an official said on Tuesday.

The police apprehended the accused, Pentya Janglya Chittari (38), Saikumar Ilayya Kadamachi (22), and Kishore Jitendra Shetye (29), from Hyderabad on Sunday, newswire PTI reported quoting the official.

The police recovered the body of the victim, Deepak Mansingh Thoke, from Vaitarna River on February 3, and his identity was ascertained based on the tattoos on his body, he said.

A case of murder was registered against unidentified persons at the time, District Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil said.

The victim and the accused sold bottles of mineral water on trains, and there was a monetary dispute between them, the official said.

Thoke was assaulted with an iron pipe at Chittari's residence in Titwala, from where the trio drove him to the Vaitarna river bridge, stabbed and threw him in the river, police said.

Meanwhile, the Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra have registered a case against six people for allegedly cheating a stock market trader of Rs 89 lakh, an official said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

The victim, Abhishek Anandkumar Jain (41), is a resident of Kharghar in Navi Mumbai. Based on his complaint, the case was registered on February 12, he said.

As per the complaint, the six alleged cyber fraudsters lured the victim into investing into the stock market. They did not reveal their names to him and used mobile phones, social messaging apps and websites to communicate with him.

Between December 25 last year and February 9 this year, he transferred a total of Rs 89 lakh into various bank accounts mentioned by the accused. However, when the victim later tried to retrieve his invested amount along with the returns through a mobile application, he failed to do so, he said.

Realising that he had fallen victim to a scam, the victim approached the police and filed a complaint, he said.

A case under various Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, including cheating, and the Information Technology Act, was registered at the Cyber police station in Navi Mumbai. (With inputs from PTI)