India, Aug. 27 -- A 24-year-old man was brutally assaulted and killed by six men in Nalasopara, after he stalked one of the assaulters' girlfriend with an intention of befriending her on Instagram. He died while being treated at a hospital on Monday, where he was taken after suffering serious injuries. On Tuesday evening, Tulinj police arrested the six alleged assaulters.

The victim Pratik Waghe, a resident of Saikrupa Society, Jijai Nagar in Nalasopara East, has been messaging a 21-year-old woman in his neighbourhood on whom he has had a crush, for the last few days, said police. The woman, however, was disinterested and complained to her boyfriend, identified as Bhushan Patil, about Waghe's advances.

Around 11:30 pm on Sunday, Patil g...