India, Feb. 22 -- A 29-year-old man was brutally killed late Friday night on the Pune-Solapur National Highway near the Mukadamwadi bridge in the Kurkumbh area close to Daund in Pune district, police said. He was attacked by a koyta (sickle) and died on the spot.

According to the Daund police, the deceased has been identified as Manya alias Mahesh Sanjay Bhagwat, 29, a resident of Patas, Daund.

A murder case has been registered against five accused at the Daund police station.

Bhagwat, along with his friends on a motorcycle were heading towards Patas on Friday night. When they reached Mukadamwadi bridge near Kurkumbh on the Pune-Solapur highway, they were knocked down by a pick up vehicle. When they fell on the ground, the accused made...