A man was beaten to death by eight persons in Malwani in Mumbai over an old enmity, after which five persons were arrested, a police official said on Thursday.
The Task Force police in Warangal arrested 11 individuals linked to three different gangs, along with two others engaged in the illegal sale of pesticides.
"The girl had apparently rejected his overtures, and he was enraged. The man was earlier accused in many criminal cases," a senior police official said.
The police have arrested a retired senior official of the Arunachal Pradesh government in connection with his alleged role in illegally appointing primary school teachers.
Five persons accused of defrauding innocent poor people claiming to be members of Bhoodan Committee were arrested and sent to judicial remand, said ACP (Town) PV Ganesh.