A 65-year-old retired employee of Bhopal Municipal Corporation was beaten to death while his son escaped with injuries and grandson saved his life by running over 2 km.

The deceased identified as Parvat Singh had gone to his farm in village Moochkheda in Shyampur area of Sehore with his son and grandson.

When the youths consuming drugs were asked to leave, they started beating him. They kept beating the old man with sticks till he fainted. His son also suffered serious injuries. While the 12-year-old grandson ran 2 kilometers to save his life.

The incident happened on Sunday evening. The old man died on Monday morning. The injured son is admitted at the hospital. Sehore police have registered a case and started investigating the matter.

One of the family member Deepak Singh Malviya said Parvat Singh (65) retired from Bhopal Municipal Corporation four years ago. He lives with his family in Karond area of Bhopal. On Sunday afternoon, he went to his farm in Sehore's Moochkheda village with his son Rakesh (41) and grandson Ayush (12). They worked all day. In the evening, he saw 4-5 youths consuming drugs in the field. When he asked them to leave, they started arguing.

Seeing the quarrel, his son Rakesh and grandson Ayush, who were working far away, came near. They asked the youths to leave the field.

On this, the youths left the place arguing. But, after some time, they returned again armed with sticks and rods. As soon as they arrived, they started beating Parvat Singh and Rakesh. Parvat Singh fell unconscious on the ground.

Relative Deepak Singh Malviya reached Shyampur's Moochkheda village with some friends and relatives from Bhopal and brought the father and son to Hamidia Hospital.

After beating his father and grandfather, the attackers ran towards his grandson Ayush. But, Ayush ran. He kept running continuously for about 2 kms. Meanwhile, Ayush informed his relative Deepak Singh Malviya about the incident from his father Rakesh's phone. On receiving the news, Deepak Singh Malviya reached Shyampur's Moochkheda village with some friends and relatives from Bhopal.

Here he reached the farm with Ayush. From there he saw Parvat Singh and Rakesh lying on the ground. They were immediately brought to Bhopal and taken to Hamidia Hospital. Parvat Singh died during treatment here at 9 am on Monday. While Rakesh has got 7 stitches on his head.

Son Rakesh, who was present with Parvat at the time of the incident, said that we have four acres of land in Moochkheda. In which the construction work of the house is to be done. For this, gravel had to be brought on Sunday night. For this reason, my father took me and my son along. At night, 4-5 drunken youths were seen sitting in a corner of the field. When father tried to explain, they started misbehaving. When I intervened, the accused left the spot. After this, in a short while, they attacked with sticks.

They hit his father on the head and temple with sticks. When I tried to save him, they also hit me on the head with sticks. We kept screaming for help, help could not come due to the deserted place. The bleeding father had become unconscious. Even after this, they kept hitting him with sticks.