In a surprising incident of street rage and misidentification, an 18-year-old boy was brutally murdered in broad daylight by 9 individuals in Maharashtra’s Palghar on Tuesday. According to Palghar Police, 9 youths attacked the 18-year-old boy on the Mira Road space in Virar. A case was filed later by the sufferer’s household towards unknown individuals on the Kashmira police station.
The murdered youth has been recognized as one Shubham Bhuvad, a resident of Mira street. The deceased’s physique has been despatched for postmortem.
The police described the incident as a case of street rage and misidentification after eight individuals, who have been arrested, confessed that they mistakenly killed the youth, believing him to be another person. A senior police officer, stationed on the Kashmira police station, added that throughout the investigation the police learnt that one other youth sporting the identical red-colour t-shirt had rammed one of many accused’s automotive.
“There was a verbal spat after the accident, and the youth wearing the same colour t-shirt left the accident site. One of the accused, whose car was dashed, came back with his eight friends and attacked the victim with rods and batons,” added police.
“The youth, due to fatal blows with rods and batons, died due to profuse bleeding. We are waiting for the autopsy report to learn the cause of death of the youth,” mentioned Palghar Police.
The police mentioned that one particular person continues to be at giant.
The police additional mentioned that the youths, after hitting the boy, realised that the sufferer, who was ready for his pal, was another person, and never the one that had hit their automotive. “Upon realising, they nine escaped from the incident site,” mentioned police.
The boy died of profusely bleeding, he was rushed to a authorities hospital for therapy however was declared lifeless.
“Upon learning about the incident, a special team was formed to nab the youth’s attackers. With the help of CCTV footage, we detained a few youths. The youths confessed to committing the crime and named others involved in the crime. With the addresses provided by the arrested, eight people were arrested in connection to the murder,” mentioned Palghar Police.
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