Man beaten to death for opposing niece’s affair

MUMBAI: The police have arrested two women and detained four minors for allegedly killing a 50-year-old man with physical disability for opposing his niece’s affair with one of the accused. The man, a resident of Chembur, was assaulted on Thursday and he subsequently succumbed to serious head injuries at JJ Hospital.

Probe has revealed that one of the detained minors was in a relationship with the girl and as the victim opposed their relationship, the minor boy, along with his friends, thrashed the victim.

The victim had lost his left hand in an accident.

According to the Tilak Nagar police, the victim’s 16-year-old niece was dating a 16-year-old boy. After her family learned about the affair, they scolded her and imposed restrictions on her movement. However, the girl broke the restriction imposed on her and stepped out of the house at night to meet the boy, informing him about the restrictions.

The police said the girl’s boyfriend, who belongs to a dominant caste (while the girl’s family belongs to a backward class category), abused her brother over phone and threatened his family with dire consequences if they continued to trouble her. The conversation turned into a heated exchange of words after which the girl’s boyfriend decided to teach a lesson to her family, officials said.

On Thursday night, the boy and his friends went to the girl’s house in Chembur, looking for her brother, but found her uncle alone in their house. The gang brutally assaulted the victim with wooden sticks till he fell unconscious and fled the spot.

Residents rushed the injured to a nearby private hospital from where he was shifted to the state-run JJ Hospital because of the seriousness of his injuries. Meanwhile, based on the leads obtained from closed circuit television camera footage and mobile phone locations, the police arrested the four minors from Govandi.

“Two women, the mothers of two minor boys, were also arrested as they too were involved in accompanying the boys and assaulting the victim,” said a police officer.

Two women, the mothers of 2 minor boys, were arrested as they accompanied the boys and assaulted victim POLICE OFFICER