AAI employee beaten to death in Mumbai during party

Mumbai: A 50-year-old employee of Airport Authority of India was beaten to death allegedly during a party at an aviation union office in Santacruz in Mumbai on Sunday night.

Abdul Sheikh was drinking with some others at the union office of the Airports Authority of India when the incident took place, an official said.

"Sheikh is an AAI employee and was beaten to death allegedly by one Nikhil Sharma alias Kapali (30), who has been arrested. As per the complainant, Sheikh died when he intervened in a fight involving Sharma," the Santacruz police station official said.

PTI with edits