Amethi (UP), Jun 29 (PTI) The brother of a village head was allegedly murdered near the Benipur area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Saturday.

Superintendent of Police Anup Kumar Singh said Ajay Singh (45), a resident of Kadergaon in the Amethi police station area, was travelling to Kadergaon on a motorcycle with his friend Saurabh late on Friday.

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During this time, two people, including one Monu Pasi, attacked him near the Benipur canal on the Amethi-Sultanpur Road.

Ajay Singh was seriously injured in the attack and taken to the hospital where doctors declared him dead, the police said.

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Ajay Singh was the brother of Pawan Singh, the village head of Kadergaon.

Singh said initial investigations revealed that the attackers had a dispute with Ajay Singh.

A case has been filed and a search is underway for the attackers, he added.

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