Man held for bludgeoning friend to death

Pune: The Khadak police on Saturday arrested a 34-year-old man for bludgeoning his friend to death over an argument in Kashewadi in Bhavani Peth.Police said the deceased Akash Patole (30), a roadside vendor, was out with his friends on Friday night when “the accused bludgeoned him with a cement block and fled. Patole was taken to a hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.”An officer said while Patole’s sister-in-law came to the police station to lodge a complaint, the accused reached there and surrendered himself. “We have arrested him. Our investigations are on,” he said.The accused, Ajay Shinde alias Chor Raja has been arrested under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).