A 45-year-old Congress worker was allegedly murdered at Asalfa in Ghatkopar on Monday morning.
While the Congress has called it a political murder, the police believe the victim was killed in a road rage incident.
Manoj Dubey was found in a severely injured condition near the Asalfa Metro station around 1.30 a.m. He died during treatment.
Inquiries established that Dubey left his residence after midnight on Sunday to meet someone, and got involved in an accident. “We have found witnesses who saw Dubey drive on the wrong side of the road and hit another car, after which an argument ensued between Dubey and the car owner. Dubey’s murder seems to have occurred during this argument, although we are verifying whether the people threatening him could be behind it,” an officer said.
The police said that Dubey on Sunday evening had registered a non-cognisable complaint against some people threatening him over a social media post.