India, Sept. 4 -- A 50-year-old man, Vitthal Gaikar, was brutally crushed under a sedan multiple times in the Wagale Estate area of Thane on Tuesday night, leading to his death. Shankar Varte, a friend of the deceased who was with him during the incident, also suffered injuries when the prime accused, an externed history sheeter, tried to crush him under the wheels, said police. A dispute between the prime accused and the injured man, who is also the complainant, over a patch of forest land was the likely cause behind the attack, said police.

According to the police, Shankar Varte resides with his family in the Narayan Baraf chawl in Wagale Estate, and cultivates a patch of forest land near his home. The prime accused, Santosh Pawar, too...