Daijiworld Media Network

Mumbai, Jun 4: A 38-year-old journalist was brutally murdered in the wee hours on Tuesday morning at his home in Mumbai. The heinous crime was committed between 2am and 3am by a few unidentified people who forcefully barged into the victims seventh floor apartment at the Penta Galaxy building in Antop Hill area. It was said that the assailants slit his throat while he was sleeping.

As per police official the incident occurred around 2.30 am when the victim, Anand Narayan, was alone in his house. Neighbours said they heard the man's cries and alerted the police. The man was barely alive when cops came in and was taken to the Sion hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Antop Hill police station senior inspector Rajiv Whaval said the police have registered a case of murder against the unidentified persons and the motive behind the crime is being investigated.

Another police officer said that they have collected CCTV footage showing three unidentified people entering Anand’s building around 2am "We suspect that the trio were involved in the crime," he added.