{
  "id": 8734945,
  "title": "Ghatkopar Ganeshotsav Mandal President Stabbed To Death Over Alleged Staring Dispute; Seven Arrested",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/ghatkopar-ganeshotsav-mandal-president-stabbed-to-death-over-alleged",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T17:12:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/ghatkopar-ganeshotsav-mandal-president-stabbed-to-death-over-alleged-staring-dispute-seven-arrested"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The president of a local Ganeshotsav mandal in Ghatkopar East, Rajesh Rajendran Devender, was fatally stabbed during a dispute that began with an alleged staring incident. The 35-year-old victim, who worked at a private laboratory and was the president of the Seven Star Sports Club Ganpati Mandal, was attacked outside the mandal venue by Raunak Balu Sonawane and seven accomplices around 9:30 PM on September 18. The altercation escalated when Devender intervened to de-escalate the situation, leading to Sonawane and his accomplices forming an unlawful assembly and assaulting him with a knife. Both Devender and a witness, Anand Tiwari, were rushed to a nearby hospital, with Devender succumbing to his injuries. All seven accused, including Sonawane, who works in the decoration business, have been arrested and remanded to custody.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}