Mumbai: Man beaten to death during liquor party in aviation union office

A man was beaten to death allegedly during a liquor party at an aviation union office in Santacruz in Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.

Abdul Sheikh (50) and some others were drinking in the union office of the Airports Authority of India on Sunday night when the incident took place, he said.

''Sheikh is an AAI employee and was beaten to death allegedly by one Nikhil Sharma alias Kapali (30), who has been arrested. As per the complainant, Sheikh died when he intervened in a fight involving Sharma,'' the Santacruz police station official said.