Ayare, 35, is a suspended police sub-inspector. He was suspended after he was trapped by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in February 2019 for demanding Rs 50,000 rupees as a bribe and accepting 10,000 of it
Ganesh Mhaske. Pic/Rajesh Gupta
"These people punched and kicked Mhaske and lifted him and threw him against the wall of a nullah. After hitting the wall, Mhaske fell into it," said an officer from Ghatkopar police station, on condition of anonymity. "After the Innova left, Mhaske's friends found him non-responsive. They informed the police who fished Mhaske out of the nullah with the help of some locals," added the officer.
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He was taken to Rajawadi Hospital, Ghatkopar, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. "We have registered a case as per the complaint by Dwarkabai Mhaske, Ganesh's mother," said Vilas Datir, inspector (crime) from Ghatkopar police station. Sources said four people had been detained from Dapoli.
Sources also said the scuffle was triggered as Shyam Ayre, one of the accused, had a longstanding enmity with Ganesh over the latter trying to make advances towards his niece. She had complained to Ayare about this. Ayare, 35, is a suspended police sub-inspector. He was suspended after he was trapped by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in February 2019 for demanding R50,000 rupees as a bribe and accepting 10,000 of it.
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