Thane: Auto driver killed after he refuses to ferry passengers

An auto-rickshaw driver was killed allegedly by five youths after he refused to ferry them, following which all the accused were arrested, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place at Nandivali village in Dombivli of the district in the wee hours of Saturday, Dombivli police station in-charge SB Shirvarkar said.

The accused approached the auto driver asking him to ferry them to a certain location which he refused. Enraged over this, they stabbed him to death, he said. They then dumped his body behind the crematorium. The incident came to light after locals informed the police.

The accused have been identified as Anand Deokar, Srinivas Sugala, Prashant Tale, Vinod Wakte, and Rakesh Ingle. All of them were arrested on Saturday.

Police have registered a case under relevant sections of the IPC in this connection and investigations are underway.