Overview
- The guard, identified in reports as Abhinav Chaudhary, was attacked around 2 pm Monday at a construction site opposite the MHADA office in Kherwadi, Bandra East.
- Police say the assailant used a knife, causing severe neck and hand wounds, and the victim died after being taken to a nearby hospital.
- Kherwadi police registered a murder case, obtained local CCTV, and say the footage shows the suspect’s face as teams fan out to locate him, with no arrests announced.
- Investigators describe a likely personal dispute and call the motive ‘trivial’ in early probes, with some lines of inquiry exploring a possible link involving a woman.
- Accounts differ on the victim’s age, hometown, and employer, and this case comes as police also probe separate fatal assaults in Dadar and Matunga that led to multiple arrests.