Ex-Navy man arrested for bashing 72-yr-old porter to death

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 Navy man, hit Kanu Jadhav (72), a porter, with a piece of wood yesterday 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 today remanded him in police custody till February 16.

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