Man Killed Over Food Parcel Brawl at A Bar in Mumbai
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Man Killed Over Food Parcel Brawl at A Bar in Mumbai
Mumbai: A 22-year-old man was beaten to death by two others during an argument over getting a food parcel at a hotel-cum-bar in suburban Chembur in Mumbai, police said on Monday.
The accused duo, who fled from the spot after fatally attacking the victim on Sunday, has been arrested.
Police said an argument broke out between the victim, Anil Randive, and two men at the bar on who among them would take the food parcel first.
The duo started thrashing Randive and one of them hit the victim’s head with a kada or metal wristlet, an official said.
A case has been registered against the duo under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including 302 (Punishment for murder), he said, adding that further investigation is underway.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.