Thane: A 17-year-old boy was beaten to death by a group of 10 persons over a quarrel in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Saturday.
The victim Sameer Lokhande was attacked in Kalyan town on Friday evening and he succumbed to the injuries at a hospital this morning, an official said.
A group of 10 persons attacked Lokhande with iron rods and sharp weapons at a ground in the Khadegolawali area, he said.
The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital and later shifted to a facility in neighboring Mumbai, where he died during treatment, the official said.
The attackers had quarreled with the teenager at a petrol pump six months ago and held a grudge against him, he said.
The Kolsewadi police have registered a case and are in the process of arresting the accused, the official added.
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’.