A 52-year-old man was brutally murdered in broad daylight at a village in Maharashtra’s Thane district following a long-standing local dispute, police said on Sunday. According to PTI, the gruesome incident took place on Saturday morning in the village of Jambrude, located in Murbad taluka.

The victim, identified as Barchandra Birhade, was attacked in the village square by a group of five individuals who assaulted him with an axe, killing him on the spot. Locals who witnessed the violent act promptly informed the authorities, after which police arrived at the scene and sent the body for post-mortem to a nearby government hospital.