Overview

• Police said 32-year-old Lucky Ikechkwuijeh died after a dispute outside a grocery in Pragati Nagar, Nalasopara East, around 10:45 p.m. on September 20.
• Witnesses reported that a glass bottle was smashed on his head before further blows caused him to collapse and die at the spot.
• Tulinj police identified the accused as Ayoola Babajide Bartholomew, 50, Oghene Igere, 47, and Odia Izu Peculiar, 50.
• Hindustan Times reports two arrests with a third suspect absconding, while an earlier Free Press Journal report said all three were in custody.
• A murder case has been registered, the body was sent for postmortem, police say they are liaising with the Nigerian Embassy, and a possible drug-business dispute is under examination.