Updated On: 25 November, 2023 02:48 PM IST | Palghar | mid-day online correspondent
Police in Maharashtra`s Palghar district have registered a murder case after finding an unidentified man`s body beside the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, an official said on Saturday

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Police in Maharashtra`s Palghar district have registered a murder case after finding an unidentified man`s body beside the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, an official said on Saturday, stated a report in PTI.
According to the report, on November 22, the body was discovered inside the Bapane village precincts, beside the highway. After receiving the man`s autopsy report on Friday, the Mira-Bhayandar and Vasai-Virar police escalated the case to Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code, from what had been first considered an accidental death. The victim, who is thought to be around 25 years old, is what led to this change in the investigation, the official stated.