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A 32-year-old man allegedly killed his younger brother after an argument over ₹500 in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said.

The incident took place on Tuesday (January 7, 2025) night in Kalyan area, they said, adding the accused has been arrested.

The accused, Salim Shamim Khan, who was inebriated, got enraged when his brother Naseem Khan (27) confronted him for taking ₹500 from his pocket without permission, an official from Bazarpeth police station said on Wednesday.

The argument escalated and the accused allegedly stabbed his younger brother to death with a knife, he said. Their mother later alerted the authorities about the incident.

Based on her statement, the accused was arrested on Wednesday (January 8, 2025) and booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 103(1) (murder).

The body was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem and a probe was on into the case, the police added.

Thane:

A businessman and key witness in a criminal case was shot dead on Friday night in Mira Road, a suburb adjacent to Mumbai in Maharashtra’s Thane district. The incident took place at the Shanti Shopping Centre, where 35-year-old Mohammad Tabrez Ansari, also known as Shams Tabrez Ansari alias Sonu, was gunned down.

According to the police, the attack took place around 10 pm when an unidentified man entered the shopping centre, shot Ansari in the head from close range, and fled the scene. 

Ansari was a witness in a criminal case and had been receiving threats in the days leading up to his death. He had reportedly filed a complaint with the police regarding the threats.

Following the attack, officers from the Naya Nagar police station cordoned off the area and began collecting evidence, including CCTV footage, to identify the attacker.

Ansari’s body has been sent for postmortem examination, and the police have initiated an investigation.