With the arrest of a 22-year-old man, Thane district police on Saturday claimed to have solved a murder case within hours.
Senior police inspector Kalyan Karpe said that Krishna Gautam (25) was found dead on the premises of a factory where he worked on the morning of March 21.
Gautam worked as a machine operator at this factory, located on Bhiwandi-Vasai highway, Karpe said.
There were wounds on the victim's head and the police surmised that he was probably attacked when he was asleep.
The investigators identified a co-worker, Ramukumar Singh, as prime suspect and arrested him on the same day, the inspector said.
Probe revealed that Gautam opposed an illicit relationship between Singh and a woman, and the two often quarrelled over the issue.
On the intervening night of March 20 and 21, Singh allegedly attacked Gautam.
Bhoiwada police in Bhiwandi have registered a case of murder and conducting further probe.
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