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Thane, Dec 2 (PTI) Thane police in Maharashtra on Thursday arrested two men for allegedly pumping air into a colleague"s rectum by way of a prank which caused his death, an official said.
The accused were identified as Munna and Bittukumar, who, along with the victim Andul Mansuri (32) worked at a powerloom unit in Bhiwandi in the district, the police official said.On November 26, the accused allegedly inserted the nozzle of a compressor in the rectum of the victim and switched on the machine, he said.As a result high-pressure air entered his abdomen and he collapsed, the official said.
The victim died at a hospital on Wednesday, following which the police arrested the two accused.They were produced before a local magistrate who remanded them in police custody for two days.
A case under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) has been registered at Nizampura police station.
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