Navi Mumbai Crime: Unidentified Youth’s Body Found in Drain Near Juinagar ; Murder Suspected

Navi Mumbai: Body of unidentified young man was found in a drain outside Juinagar railway station along the Pune-Mumbai highway on Thursday November 20, 2025 morning. Police reported that local residents were first one to spot the body in the  roadside drain opposite the station. They immediately alerted Nerul police, who reached the spot and took custody of the body.

According to police man aged between 20 and 25 and suspected to have been murdered. FPJ reported that Injuries Suggest Murder With Heavy Weapon. Initially reports suggest that victim may have attacked with heavy weapon and investigators suspect that the assailants murdered him elsewhere and dumped the body in the drain during the early hours of Thursday. 

Nerul police and the Navi Mumbai Crime Branch are conducting separate investigations. They have created several teams to identify the victim and find the accused.  A 34-year-old man in Navi Mumbai was allegedly beaten to death by his cousin over suspicion of stealing a mobile phone, police said on Friday (Nov 7) . The incident happened on Thursday morning inside a public toilet in the Turbhe area. A case under Section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered against 55-year-old Arjun Adagale and his associate, Vidhan Mandal, who works at the same toilet. Preliminary investigation indicates that Adagale suspected his cousin, Sudhakar Patole, of taking his mobile phone, which led to a confrontation that turned violent.

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According to police officials, Adagale and Mandal allegedly took Patole from his house to the public toilet, where the three consumed alcohol before the assault. The accused are believed to have brutally beaten Patole, resulting in his death at the scene. After the attack, both men reportedly fled. The victim’s body was later recovered and sent for postmortem analysis. The Turbhe police have launched a search operation to trace the suspects and are examining CCTV footage from the surrounding areas to track their movements and gather further evidence.