A 32-year-old bus driver was mistaken to be a thief and was thrashed by a group of people in Palghar. Later, he succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Gujarat, police informed on Tuesday.

The victim, Ranjit Pandey, was standing near a bus in Boisar area on August21 when some people there suspected that he intended to steal the vehicle's battery and deflate its tyres, Palghar police spokesperson Hemant Katkar told PTI.