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The police said the men used a screwdriver to kill him near the APMC market.Two men killed a 38-year-old worker near the APMC market in Kalyan on Wednesday afternoon after he supposedly refused to give them a cigarette, police said.The police are searching for the two men.The deceased used to work for a vegetable vendor at the market.The Bajarpeth police suspect that the shortage of cigarettes following the closure of paan shops in the country because of the pandemic may have led to the incident.The police identified the deceased as Arvind Shankar Kumar from Uttar Pradesh.Kumar used to live with his cousin in Govind wadi, Kalyan.“He was smoking near the APMC market toilet, when two people approached him and asked him for a cigarette," said Anand Gupta, his employer.When he refused, they allegedly stabbed him several times in the chest and stomach, Gupta told Mirror.Gupta said Kumar was first taken to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa and then toThe police said the men used a screwdriver to kill him. “We have registered a case under section 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt with dangerous weapons or means) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code” said a police official from the Bajarpeth police station in Kalyan.