Thane crime news: 18-year-old shot dead by friends in drunken brawl, four booked

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An 18-year-old boy named Rajan Yerkar lost his life after being shot by his friends during a drunken brawl in Thane. The incident occurred in the Surya Nagar area of Kalyan in Thane around 11:15 pm on Monday, marking a grim turn of events.

Yerkar, along with four friends, was consuming alcohol when a heated altercation ensued leading to a drunken brawl. Shockingly, one of the accused brandished a country-made revolver, firing a fatal shot at the victim from point-blank range, according to officials.

Despite immediate efforts to seek medical attention, Yerkar was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. The police has registered a case under various sections, including 302 (murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, and relevant provisions of the Arms Act and Maharashtra Police Act.

The accused individuals, identified as Rohit Bhalekar, Parvez Sheikh, Sunil Waghmare, and Sameer Chouhan, remain at large as authorities intensify efforts for their apprehension.

Meanwhile, a 35-year-old manager of a private bank was strangled to death allegedly by her boyfriend at a hotel in Navi Mumbai on suspicion that she was having an affair with another man, police said on Tuesday.

Based on a tip-off, the Mumbai Police nabbed the accused, Shoeb Sheikh (24), from his house in suburban Saki Naka in the early hours of the day before he could flee to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh, an official said.

On interrogation, the accused revealed that he had checked into a hotel in Navi Mumbai with his girlfriend Amy alias Amit Ravindra Kaur (35) on Monday, he said.

Sheikh suspected that Kaur was having an affair with another man and allegedly strangled her to death in a fit of rage, the official added.

He said the crime came to light after the Mumbai Police received a tip-off that Sheikh was involved in some illegal activity, following which they reached his home in Sakinaka.

During his interrogation, Sheikh told police about the murder, he said, adding that the Mumbai Police then informed their counterparts in Turbhe area of Navi Mumbai.

"A team of police in Turbhe rushed to the hotel where they found the woman's body inside a room," the official said.

He said the victim was working as a manager at a Navi Mumbai branch of IDFC Bank. She was a resident of Sion Koliwada area in Mumbai.

After the recovery of the body, Sheikh was arrested under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including 302 (Punishment for murder), the official added. (With inputs from agencies)