Man kills brother during quarrel over SRA scheme in Jogeshwari

The deceased has been identified as Subodh Sawant (48), a resident of Gandhinagar area of Jogeshwari East. Subodh’s elder brother Deepak Sawant (52) has been arrested.

The chawl where Subodh was staying, is soon going under redevelopment. The house is in the name of Subodh’s mother. In the redevelopment scheme, the chawl residents would get a new house in the new cooperative housing society. For that, the developer had asked all the residents to vacate their homes, the police said.

All the residents were given a total of Rs 2.32 lakh as rent to live in other places. The amount was directly credited to the resident’s account.

According to the police, Deepak, a drunkard, was opposing the redevelopment project. And because of this, he would often have fought with his brother.

On Tuesday, he allegedly hit Subodh on his head with a blunt object. Subodh sustained serious injury near his right eyebrow and fell down. He was immediately rushed to Jogeshwari trauma care centre, where doctors declared him dead, said a police officer.

On their sister’s complaint, the Meghwadi police arrested Deepak under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code.

Deepak is already facing a total of 16 cases including 11 cases of assault and one case of attempt to murder. He is a habitual criminal and preventive actions have also been taken against him eight times in the past, said another officer.