A 25-year-old man was fatally assaulted by six unidentified individuals following a dispute stemming from a long-standing enmity in Thane district, Maharashtra, according to authorities on Wednesday.

The incidentt took place on Tuesday in the Kolsewadi neighbourhood of Kalyan township in Thane. An altercation broke out between the victim, Suraj Hilam, and the assailants over unsolved problems from the past. The accused lured the victim out of his home on Tuesday afternoon and attacked him, according to a Kolsewadi police official, reported PTI.