THANE: Kapurbawdi police have arrested three persons including a couple, and their son for hammering a 52-year-old elder relative to death over property dispute and severely injuring another female relative. The deceased, identified as Nandkumar Thakur was a lecturer in a college in Sindhudurg; and the injured relative as Priya Pandey, 36.
The accused have been identified as Rajesh Thakur, Deepa Thakur and Nikhil Thakur. Rajesh is Nandkumar's younger brother, and a history-sheeter with two cases registered against him. The trio have booked under IPC sections for murder and attempt to murder. - Nishikant Karlikar