Man kills friend after dispute over Rs 200 in Maharashtra
Mumbai, Jan 23: A 23-year-old labourer has been arrested in the western suburb of Bandra for allegedly killing his friend, who failed to return Rs 200 that his brother had borrowed, police said on Thursday.
Maruti Shetty killed Ramesh Shetty (25) by pushing him into a nullah at Nirmal Nagar on Wednesday, an official said.
"Ramesh's elder brother had borrowed Rs 200 from Maruti, promising to return the money at the earliest," senior inspector Sangram Pache of Nirmal Nagar police station said.
When the money was not returned despite frequent reminders, the accused got into a fight with Ramesh and pushed him into the nullah where he drowned, the official said.
A few locals alerted the police, after which the victim's body was fished out of the nullah and taken to civic-run V N Desai Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival, he said.
The accused has been booked under section 302 (murder) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Pache added.
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Thane man cheated of Rs 2 lakh in currency exchange fraud
Thane (PTI): A 35-year-old man has allegedly been duped of Rs 2 lakh by three persons in a US dollar exchange fraud in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai township, police said on Monday.
One of the accused had approached the victim, a resident of Dombivli in Thane district, claiming his relative wanted to exchange some USD notes. On May 12, the accused showed the victim bundles wrapped in a handkerchief that appeared to contain US currency near a hospital in Kalamboli, they said.
Believing the notes to be authentic, the victim handed over Rs 2 lakh in cash, after which the accused fled.
The victim later found that the bundles handed over to him were actually paper rolls and soap bars, with a single dollar note pasted on top to make them appear genuine, according to the police.
Following the victim's complaint, the police registered a case on charges of cheating under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
A probe was underway into the case, the police added.
