India News | UP: Elderly Man Killed by Nephew over Land Dispute
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. An elderly man was killed by his nephew in a village here on Monday over a land dispute, police said.
Gonda (UP) Jun 13 (PTI) An elderly man was killed by his nephew in a village here on Monday over a land dispute, police said.
Inspector Sudhir Kumar Singh, in-charge of Colonelganj police station, said that Bharat Ram Shukla (56), a resident of Ganwalia village was cleaning the land outside his house when his nephew Akash Shukla alias Golu arrived and the two indulged in a dispute over the same piece of land.
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Akash hit his uncle with a spade, causing serious injuries on his head, Singh said.
Bharat Ram Shukla's family first took him to a private doctor and later to the district hospital where he was declared brought dead, they said.
Singh said that after registering a case of murder against Akash, a team has been constituted to arrest him.
The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination, police added.
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