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.