Overview
- Investigators say the victim, 28-year-old Pravin Ashik Varma, was intercepted near Birla Gate and killed with stones and bricks on Monday.
- Ulhasnagar police arrested the main suspect, Pappy alias Shubham Arjun Patil, 26, and are searching for an unidentified accomplice.
- Officers registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, citing Section 103(1) for murder and Section 3(5) for common intention, which covers joint liability.
- The body was sent to a government hospital for a postmortem, and the motive remains under investigation.
- A police official told one outlet that past enmity may be a factor, while PTI-based reports emphasize that the motive is still unclear and the second suspect is at large.