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Goregaon Killing: Four Held After 26-Year-Old Is Tied Up, Beaten to Death in Mumbai

Investigators say the assault followed an unverified suspicion of phone theft.

Overview

  • Police identified the victim as Harshal Parma, 26, who died after his hands and legs were bound and he was severely assaulted in Goregaon (West).
  • Four painting workers have been arrested in the case, identified by police as Salman Khan, Ismullah Khan, Gautam and Rajiv Gupta.
  • Officers said Parma was suspected of stealing a mobile phone from an under-construction building, but they have found no conclusive evidence to support a theft.
  • The accused have been booked under Indian Penal Code sections including murder and unlawful assembly, and the investigation remains underway.
  • Separately, Borivali Railway Police arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly molesting a woman at Borivali station and registered a case under Section 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.