Asleep on road, 60-yr-old’s head smashed with stone; one held

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avi Mumbai: A 60-year-old homeless man was bludgeoned to death, his head smashed with a stone while he was sleeping on the pavement under a bridge at Belapur, around 4 am on Sunday.

The man accused of the crime was intoxicated, informed the police.A mob of local slum dwellers known to the victim gathered at the spot and beat up the alleged assailant. One of the slum-dwellers even attempted to smash the assailant’s head with a large stone, but the police arrived at the scene after receiving a wireless call and rescued the assailant from the angry mob, the police said. A video of the incident went viral on social media, showing the cops rescuing the assailant who was being beaten up by the angry slum-dwellers.The deceased was identified as Prakash Lokhande and the accused as Abhishek Pal (37), said senior inspector of CBD-Belapur police station, Sandesh Revale, who has been booked for murder. Navi Mumbai: A 60-year-old homeless man was bludgeoned to death, his head smashed with a stone while he was sleeping on the pavement under a bridge at Belapur, around 4 am on Sunday. The man accused of the crime was intoxicated, informed the police.

A mob of local slum dwellers known to the victim gathered at the spot and beat up the alleged assailant. One of the slum-dwellers even attempted to smash the assailant’s head with a large stone, but the police arrived at the scene after receiving a wireless call and rescued the assailant from the angry mob, the police said. A video of the incident went viral on social media, showing the cops rescuing the assailant who was being beaten up by the angry slum-dwellers.The deceased was identified as Prakash Lokhande and the accused as Abhishek Pal (37), said senior inspector of CBD-Belapur police station, Sandesh Revale, who has been booked for murder.