cleaner beaten to death over stolen phones of co-workers
Thane, June 8 -- A 23-year-old bus cleaner was allegedly beaten to death by a group of 15 bus drivers and cleaners who suspected him of stealing mobile phones, despite having no evidence against him. Two men accused of inflicting the fatal injuries were arrested from a Gorakhpur-bound train near Kasara on Friday evening while allegedly trying to flee the city.
The victim, Deepak Jaiswar, a resident of Pokhran Road No. 2, had been cleaning private buses parked in the area for several years. The arrested accused have been identified as Ajay Giri, 28, and Shiva Goswami, 25.
Pravin Mane, senior police inspector at Vartak Nagar Police Station said, "Initially, we detained all the 15 persons in the case including the main accused. However, during the investigation we couldn't find any major role of the other 13 people, so we later released them."
Police said several mobile phones had recently gone missing from buses parked in Gandhi Nagar, leading drivers and cleaners to suspect Jaiswar. On Friday morning, the accused confronted Jaiswar in Gandhi Nagar. Police said all 15 accused allegedly assaulted him, while Giri and Goswami are suspected to have inflicted the severe injuries to his head.
Jaiswar was admitted to a private hospital, where he died during treatment. A murder case was subsequently registered. Using CCTV footage of the incident, police identified the 13 suspects.
Salil Bhonsale, Senior Police Inspector of Crime Branch Unit 5, told HT, "Based on inputs from our sources, we learned that the main accused, along with 13 others, were trying to flee to their native place in Uttar Pradesh." A Crime Branch team boarded the train at Kalyan in plain clothes and tracked down Giri and Goswami, and were arrested....
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