Thane teen boy beaten up for not bringing crowd to Ganpati procession

An 18-year-old boy from Kalyan in the Thane district was hit allegedly by four persons for failing to gather a crowd for a Ganesh festival procession, a police official said on Thursday.

Thane: An 18-year-old boy from Kalyan in the Thane district was hit allegedly by four persons for failing to gather a crowd for a Ganesh festival procession, a police official said on Thursday. Satyam Sohoni had promised he would get people for a welcome procession but stopped taking calls as the festival approached, which enraged the accused, a Kolsewadi police station official said. "The four accused went to his house and assaulted him. All four have been identified but no one has been arrested," he added. (PTI)