Latest News | Maha: Elderly Farmer Found Murdered on Field in Nagpur District

Nagpur, May 27 (PTI) A 70-year-old farmer was found dead with his head smashed in on a field at a village in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, police said on Friday.

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Siddharth Eknath Pillewan was found dead on a field in Dodma village under Kuhi police station area in the district on Thursday night, an official said.

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Pillewan had gone to the fields on Thursday afternoon and when he did not return home, his family went looking for him, only to find him lying there in a pool of blood, he said.

The man's head was smashed in with a heavy object, the official said, adding that the body was sent for post-mortem and a case of murder has been registered against unidentified persons.

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