Ex-navy man held for thrashing 72-yr-old porter to death in Thane

Thane: Thane district police have arrested a retired Navy personnel for beating a porter to death at Khadavali railway station.

Dhananjay Kumar Sinha, 54, a former Navyman, hit Kanu Jadhav, 72, a porter, with a piece of wood on Monday afternoon following a quarrel, police said.

Onlookers held Sinha and handed him over to police, said inspector Pradeep Kasbe of Kalyan taluka police station.

Sinha was booked for murder. A local court on Tuesday remanded him in police custody till February 16.

Both Sinha and Jadhav were Khadavali residents, the inspector said.