Mumbai cabbie stoned to death with pavement block for refusing to ferry passenger

A 55-year-old taxi driver was allegedly killed in Mumbai by a fruit vendor who repeatedly hit him on the head with a paver block after he refused to ferry him.

A man allegedly killed a 55-year-old taxi driver by hitting him on his head with a paver block multiple times after he refused to ferry him to some place in Mumbai from Dadar early on Sunday, a police official said. The accused, identified as Basawraj Melenamani (30), was arrested within hours of the incident, he said. 'After the incident, police received a call that a person was lying in a pool of blood, following which a team reached the spot and rushed the victim to KEM Hospital. However, he was declared dead on arrival,' the official said.