Maha: Senior citizen axed to death in Thane district; one held

A 60-year-old man was axed to death by a man from his village over some dispute in Kalwa area of Maharashtras Thane district, police said on Thursday. A case under section 302 murder of the IPC has been registered against the arrested accused, who was from the same village as the victim and knew him well, the official said.

A 60-year-old man was axed to death by a man from his village over some dispute in Kalwa area of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Thursday. Sitthu Rathod (32), a resident of Jai Bhim Nagar, allegedly attacked Thavru Chavan, a native of Yadgir in Karnataka, on Wednesday afternoon, assistant police inspector N A Kanade of Kalwa police station said.

The victim's body, which bore multiple wounds, was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, he said. A case under section 302 (murder) of the IPC has been registered against the arrested accused, who was from the same village as the victim and knew him well, the official said.