Overview

• The altercation began around 6:45 pm on May 25 at Yewale Farm House in Dahivali village when drivers of two rented tempo travellers quarreled over a blocked exit.
• Fisherman Kamlesh Tanaji Dhopavkar, 45, from Ratnagiri’s Adur Kondkarul village, died after receiving a fatal blow to the head with a metal rod.
• Tourists Prajwal Uday Mehta and Manoj Madhukar Varvatkar sustained head and hand injuries during the weaponized brawl involving bamboo sticks and metal pipes.
• Arrested suspects Yash Padwal and Gaurav Pattadhari face charges as police search for Nikesh Kambire, Pratik Deshmukh and other accomplices.
• Dhopavkar’s group of 15 fishermen had been visiting the Ekvira Temple from Raigad’s Karanje Port before staying at the Lonavala farmhouse.