Four hack businessman to death in Pune

PUNE: Four men allegedly assaulted a small-time businessman to death over a previous dispute at Meethanagar in Kondhwa around 5.30pm on Monday.
Police identified the deceased as Bablu Ibrahim Sayyed (45) from Meethanagar. Sayyed and the assailants were neighbours in Kasba Peth, police said adding that the victim had shifted to Meethanagar about a year ago after a dispute broke out between him and the assailants over the issue of PMC demolishing their properties.
Senior inspector Vinayak Gaikwad of the Kondhwa police said, “ Sayyed closed his garage in Kasba Peth and was on his way home on a scooter when the four men armed with sharp weapons intercepted him and brutally assaulted him.”
Police said Sayyed was rushed to a private hospital in Wanowrie where he died during treatment. “We have identified two assailants and fanned teams for arresting them,” Gaikwad said.
The police was in the process of registering an FIR at the time of going to press.