Two labourers arrested for assaulting, killing colleague

KALYAN: A 24-year-old man was allegedly killed by his two friends when he did not permit them to consume alcohol. All the three worked as labourers. The two assaulted the deceased, Ajay Rawat, on September 4. Rawat was admitted to hospital and died during the treatment.

The Bazarpeth Police in Kalyan registered a murder case on September 12 and arrested the two on Friday.

Rawat was found severely injured at Ahilyabai Chowk in Kalyan (W). After he was taken to the hospital, the doctor reported the assault on him. A team of police officials started searching for the accused on the streets without having any clue as CCTV footage was not there near the area where the deceased was found.

A police officer said, “We reached his residence where he was living alone. We searched all construction sites and received his details. While getting his phone record details, we found two suspects who were there with him. We nabbed Sunil Chaudhary, 27, and Luto Mahalhar, 26, both native of Jharkhand, who came to Kalyan in search of a job.”

The three were working together and Rawat would often

Anot allow the other two to drink alcohol when they were on duty.

The officer added, “On Sep 4, they had a huge altercation over not being allowed to drink and in anger, the accused assaulted Rawat, who fell unconscious on the road. They fled and stopped going to work. Our team nabbed them from one of the construction sites in Kalyan. They have confessed to the crime.”

Bazarpeth police with the two labourers arrested for killing their colleague, in Kalyan on Friday.