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Thane, Oct 19 (PTI) Police have arrested two persons for allegedly killing a 19-year-old man after a quarrel in Maharashtra"s Thane district, an official said on Tuesday.
The family members of the victim, Mohammad Asif Salim Ansari, lodged a missing person"s complaint on Saturday after being unable to trace him, Shanti Nagar police station"s inspector Nilesh G Badakh said.
The victim"s body was found in bushes near a water pipeline in Bhiwandi town here on Sunday.
During a probe into the case, the police came to know that victim and a couple of other men had consumed drugs and liquor near the pipeline, the official said.
They had a fight over some issue, following which the two others, identified as Safique Rafique Ansari (20) and Amir alias Faizan (19), allegedly hit the victim with a huge stone and fled from the spot, he said.
They duo was arrested on Monday and booked under relevant sections, he added.