Kaushambi (UP), Oct 24 (PTI) A 75-year-old man was killed by unidentified assailants using a sharp-edged weapon in Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

The man, identified as Tribhuvan Naai, used to live in a facility housing a tube well on the outskirts of Barai Sulem village in the Kokhraj police station area of the district.

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Additional Superintendent of Police Samar Bahadur Singh said that on Sunday night, some unidentified criminals killed Tribhuvan Naai using sharp-edged weapon.

A case has been registered and some people detained in connection with the killing.

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The police have sent the body for post-mortem and are investigating the matter.

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