A man was beaten to death by a person in Mumbai on Wednesday night. The deceased is identified as Niranjan Yadav. Central Police arrested the accused within few hours.

According to police sources, Niranjan was walking past Pappu Kirana Stores at Farver Line Chowk of Camp 3 around 12:30 am. He dashed to a man while crossing him. The man, identified as Ajay alias Ajju Chauhan got angry and started an argument. The argument turned into scuffle and Ajay started beating Niranjan with a bamboo stick. The impact of the beating was such that Niranjan became unconscious on the spot, police sources told Mid-day.