Harassed by a local goon, four truckers operating in the Sewri area chose a barbaric way to get rid of him. They abducted the goon in a truck on March 3, drove him to Vakola and threw him off a bridge, resulting in his death from a 35-foot fall. The Sewri police have arrested two truck drivers and their two helpers for their alleged involvement in the crime.

The deceased has been identified as Ashraf Iqbal Mujavar, 24, a resident of Reti Bunder. Those arrested have been identified as Cheddilal Gaur, Narayan Yadav, Shailesh Yadav and Dinesh Yadav. While Cheddilal and Dinesh are truck drivers, Shailesh and Narayan are their helpers.

Police said that in the wee hours of March 4, Mujavar's brother Afzal told Sewri police that he was missing. Afzal told the police that his brother had been in a quarrel with Cheddilal and was last seen at Darukhana Naka on the night of March 3.

The Sewri police, on receipt of specific information, laid a trap and arrested the quartet from near a blind school near Cotton Green railway station.

"The four admitted that after an altercation, they abducted Mujavar in their vehicle. They assaulted him till they reached Vakola bridge and then threw him off the bridge. It was also revealed that the accused persons were harassed and troubled by Mujawar," said an officer from Sewri police station.

The officer added that Mujavar had two cases of assault and causing grievous hurt registered against him. Besides, two preventive action proceedings had been intiated against him by Sewri police.

Following the confession, a team of police then reached the spot at Vakola and found a few bloodstains at the spot. On making inquiries with the Vakola police, they learnt that on March 4 a man had been found lying unconscious below the bridge. The man was rushed to a nearby hospital and was later shifted to JJ Hospital, where he had died.

Assuming that the man was hit by a speeding vehicle, the Vakola police had registered a case of rash driving and causing grievous hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others, under the relevant sections of Indian Penal Code against an unknown driver.

The Sewri police then informed Afzal about the incident. Afzal then went to JJ hospital and identified his brother's body.

"Two vehicles including a tempo and a truck used in the kidnapping and murder have been seized by the police," said the officer.