Overview

• The victim was identified as 35-year-old Nitin Sankpal of Rajnagar, who stepped out to urinate behind the Qureshi chicken shop late Thursday night.
• Shopowner Mastan alias Nanna Qureshi allegedly grabbed a meat-cleaver and attacked Sankpal and his two companions, killing Sankpal on the spot and injuring his brother Sachin and friend Datta Jadhav.
• MIDC Cidco police arrested five people, including Qureshi and his associates, and invoked sections of the SC ST Prevention of Atrocities Act along with charges of murder, attempt to murder, unlawful assembly and rioting.
• A special court granted bail to all five accused on technical grounds on Friday, prompting the police to announce plans to appeal the order.
• Local civic authorities demolished 229 structures in an anti-encroachment drive on Friday, including the poultry shop where the fatal dispute occurred.