THANE: Two persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 22-year-old man, who was found dead in
Ulhasnagar town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Saturday.
The body of the victim
Dileepkumar Ramchandra Pal, a resident of Ulhasnagar camp no 5, was found with the throat slit in Padgha on July 7, senior inspector
Suresh Manore of Thane rural police said.
The police found that the victim's family had lodged a missing person's complaint, and following a probe, they zeroed in on
Vijay Prajapati (24), a resident of Ulhasnagar, and
Ankit Parmar (46) of Dombivli, he said.
Investigations revealed that the victim was in love with Prajapati's sister and the family had opposed the affair, the official said.
Prajapati killed the victim with Parmar's help and transported the body to Padgha and dumped it on the roadside, he said, adding that the local police are probing the matter further.