Truck driver beaten to death over old feud in Panvel

A 45-year-old truck driver, Chandan Pandey, was beaten to death by colleague Rameshkumar Yadav at a transport company's parking lot in Nitlas village, Panvel.

The attack is suspected to be triggered by an old caste-related rivalry and a prior altercation where Pandey allegedly assaulted Yadav with a wooden stick on July 13.

Police registered a murder case against Yadav under Sections 103(1) (murder) and 352 (intentional insult) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, but he remains absconding.

Multiple police teams have been formed to trace Yadav, who fled after inflicting fatal head injuries on Pandey.