Crime news: Man bludgeoned to death in Nagpur over gambling dispute

Two persons were killed in two different incidents in Nagpur city of Maharashtra within a span of 24 hours an official said on SaturdayThe first crime was committed at the Deshpande Layout area when a 28yearold identified as Neeraj Shankar Bhoyar was bludgeoned to death following a dispute during gambling on Friday night newswire PTI reportedBhoyars friend Vishal Bhagwanji Raut 27 suffered serious injuries after he was attacked with sharp weapons said the official from Nandanvan police station He is battling for life at the Government Medical College and Hospital GMCHTwo persons have been held in connection with the attack on Bhoyar and RautIn the second incident a dispute between a youth and his car driver turned deadlySachin Yashwant Uikey 30 was repeatedly punched in the face by the driver Darshan Ravindra Bhandekar 23 causing the former to fall and sustain critical injuries He died during treatment at GMCH on Saturday morning the official saidA case of murder has been registered against Bhandekar he addedMeanwhile a labourer died of electrocution while another was injured when the scaffolding they were standing on touched a live wire at a building in Maharashtras Palghar district on Saturday police saidThe incident occurred in the Oswal locality of Boisar where the two men were painting a building an official from Boisar MIDC police saidThe men were standing on a metal scaffolding which came in contact with a live wire he saidThe workers were rushed to a hospital where one of them was declared dead while the other one is undergoing treatment for severe wounds the official saidThe deceased mans body has been sent for postmortem and further probe is underway he saidIn other news Navi Mumbai police arrested two persons for allegedly cheating a contractor of Rs 50 lakh by luring him to invest in a fraudulent scheme an official said on SaturdayThe police on Friday arrested Venkatesh Balkrishna Sada 41 and Prakash Dhuri 66 while two other accused are absconding the official saidAccording to the police the accused allegedly lured the complainant a contractor from Kalwa in neighbouring Thane to invest in a fraudulent corporate social responsibility CSR scheme at the APMC Market in Navi MumbaiA case under sections 420 cheating 467 forgery and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused on Thursday he saidSada allegedly posed as an employee of a multinational company enticed the complainant with the promise of a lucrative CSR opportunity and made him invest Rs 50 lakh senior inspector Ajay Shinde said With inputs from agencies