Hang killer, pleads Mayank's brother
MUMBAI, June 26 -- "Hang him or kill him in an encounter," Mehul Lohar urged the police in an emotional video that has gone viral online. Mehul, elder brother of 22-year-old Mayank, was referring to the man who stabbed his brother to death in a local train on Tuesday night.
Mehul, a background dancer in Bollywood, said, "It is very difficult to see a brother die in front of you. This happened in Mumbai and should not be allowed to happen anywhere else."
Mehul, who has featured in the song Chaleya in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Jawan (2023), had returned home from a shoot in Udaipur to the devastating news of his brother's death on Tuesday.
The Lohars live in Bhoir Pada in Virar east. They learnt of Mayank's death when his younger brother called Mayank's phone at 12:15am and reached a police officer. "They said Mayank had been hurt on his leg and refused to say any more. Since the last train departed at 12:05 am, we hired a taxi.
The police showed us videos, nothing more than what has been circulating online, shot by eye-witnesses," recalls his second brother, who refused to be identified. "My brother was killed mercilessly, stabbed on his chest and stomach, with his intestines out. How can he (the killer) do that," he said.
Mayank had completed his Bachelor's degree in Financial Markets from Andheri's Shri Chinai College a year ago. He also worked as a sales executive at clothing retail chain Westside's Andheri East outlet. He was on his way back home after his shift ended, when he was stabbed in the train between Andheri and Borivali stations.
"He had been working there for about a year and was there to gain experience as part of his Bachelor's course. His real ambition was to branch out independently and set up his own business. He wanted his family to live well; his family was always his priority," said his brother.
The Lohars previously lived in Ambedkar Nagar in Andheri's MIDC, where Mayank attended a convent school. After he completed his schooling, their house went in for redevelopment, and the family moved to Virar east.
Mayank has a sister and two brothers, the youngest still studying. Mayank's uncle Laxman Lohar said the boy's father Ramesh worked as a driver and Mayank was keen to help the family financially.
Ramesh Lohar, 53, is inconsolable. He received a phone call from deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday and urged the state to hang the man who took his son's life. Ramesh said the accused should be held up as an example so that other parents do not have to see their children "dying so young"....
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