A 22-year-old youth was beaten to death by his elder brother following a heated argument between them at their Malwadi residence in Hadapsar on Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Vasant Sonawane of Hadapsar police station told DNA that Ashok Genuba Ubhe (22) was killed by his alcoholic brother Prashant alias Parshuram (27).

Acting on a complaint lodged by the victim's eldest brother Somnath, police arrested the suspect.

Sonawane said that Ashok was the youngest of the four siblings. Prashant was arrested by the police in a theft case and was released from the Yerawada central prison some six months ago.

"Ashok and Somnath used to urge him to work and earn money instead of drinking alcohol," Sonawane said.

The state government will inspect the jails for illegal possessions in the custody of inmates serving their sentence. Jails minister Ram Kishore Saini said the inspections of the jails would be carried out and illegal possessions like cellphones and other objects will be seized.

"It is my ministry now and my priority is to see that the administration of jails becomes transparent and clean," Saini told reporters in Jaipur

Father, mother and son hospitalised after taking overdose of sleeping pills

In a shocking incident, three members of a family tried to commit suicide by taking overdose of sleeping pills on Tuesday afternoon at Safal Parivesh building in Satellite area.

Parvez Bharucha, 60, Beroz Bharucha, 57, and their son Roozan Bharucha, 27, allegedly tried to commit suicide by consuming overdose of sleeping pills at their house, said the Satellite police. The police have recovered three suicide notes, written in English, from their house.

Noted social worker and environment activist Alex Sandra Jhala was brutally assaulted by her neighbours late on Monday night. Jhala, who sustained injuries on her head, legs and right hand, was rushed to hospital in a critical condition.

According to Jhala, who lives in Parth Apartment near Jodhpur road, she was attacked by Nainesh Patel, Shailesh Patel, Alpesh Patel, Deepak Patel and Daya Patel. She said her neighbours forcibly entered her house and attacked her with sharp weapons including pipes, knives and swords.

Jhala, a former journalist, is a social worker and founding member of Garibi Sijdi and is also president of an NGO, Animal Lover.

Narendra Parmar had a pistol with him when he was shot dead

A Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) contractor on Tuesday night was shot dead by unidentified criminals near his office in Mithakali area. The victim, Narendra Jitendrasinh Parmar, had served in the army for 15 years before retiring to become a contractor for the GEB.

Sources said Parmar left his office, Parth Earth Movers, located in Sil Complex, Mithakali, and came down to the road. He was about to get into his Scorpio four-wheeler when 4-5 criminals fired at him. Parmar, who was shot in the head, died on the spot.

Parmar, a resident of Chandrapuri society, Vastrapur, is survived by his wife and two daughters.

City police have achieved little besides recording statements of suspects

The city was rocked recently by some cases of crime that happened almost back to back. If the sensational shootout at Paldi, rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl at Bapunagar, gruesome murder of city-based physician in the outskirts of the city, a daring dacoity in an angadia firm besides a host of thefts and break-ins that are almost a regular occurrence have shocked citizens, their days of trauma aren't yet over, thanks to our city police's inability to solve the cases and catch the culprits.