Overview

• The incident occurred Saturday night in New Azad Nagar, Bhiwandi, in Maharashtra’s Thane district.
• Police say the victim was walking home with acquaintances when a prior dispute escalated into a fatal assault.
• An FIR for murder names five suspects, and three brothers have been taken into custody.
• Officers responded to an alert, reached the scene, and sent the body for a postmortem examination.
• A search is underway to trace the remaining accused, according to a Shanti Nagar police station official.