20-year-old vegetable vendor found dead in public toilet in Thane

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NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old vegetable vendor was found dead in a housing complex public toilet in Thane on Saturday night.

Police have registered a murder case against an unidentified person.

The Naya Nagar police station received an alert about the body on Saturday night. The victim's throat was slit.

"The body was sent for postmortem and a case was registered under section 103 (1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita," a police official said.

Locals told police that residents frequently argued over the use of the toilet facility. Police are investigating the motive behind the murder.