Hoshiarpur, May 22 (PTI) A 62-year-old man was allegedly killed by a fellow villager here over shifting a cemented bench, police said on Monday.

On Sunday evening, a brawl broke out between Malkit Singh and Sabrit Singh in Sotla village over shifting of the bench owned by the village panchayat, they said.

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Malkit was killed in the scuffle, they said.

On the statement of Malkit's son, Sabrit was arrested and a case has been registered against him under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code, police said, adding further investigation is underway.

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