India, Jan. 13 -- The Raigad police have arrested two young men and launched a search for a third for allegedly murdering their 22-year-old friend during a road trip from Pune to Mahabaleshwar.

According to the police, the victim Aditya Ganesh Bhagat had left Pune on Saturday with three friends for a leisure trip to Mahabaleshwar in an Innova Crysta. Later that day, his mutilated body was found dumped in an open plot, locally known as 'Secret Point', near Sanaswadi village in Mangaon taluka. He suffered multiple sharp-weapon injuries to his head, neck and hands, indicating a brutal assault. On being alerted by some passersby, the police arrived at the spot and sent the body for a post-mortem examination. Subsequently, a case was register...