The Thane police in Maharashtra have registered an offence against the proprietor of a road construction company over the death of a 22-year-old man due to a pothole in Thane district, police said on Friday, reported the PTI.

The Thane rural police on Thursday registered a case under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code against the proprietor of Jijau Construction Road Build Private Ltd based on a complaint lodged by the deceased man`s family, an official told the PTI.