A 30-year-old farmer man was set ablaze by three miscreants over dispute of passage to his farms at Bhujpur under Nazeerbad police late in the night on Sunday; victim’s condition is stable.
According to the police, the victim Ashok Namdev was set ablaze after pouring kerosene by the three accused identified as Radhyeshyam and his two sons Motilal and Jagdish.
During initial investigation police found that the victim had farms adjacent to that of the prime accused Radhyeshyam and has old dispute over path between their farms.
The victim was rushed to Hamidia hospital where he is undergoing treatment. The victim had sustained around 10 percent burns and is reportedly stable. Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under sections 307 and 34 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
In the evening on Sunday victim had a heated argument with the main accused Radhyeshyam and the argument turned violent after his two sons Motilal and Jagdish joined and started to assault the victim and later they set him ablaze. It was an attempt to murder or the miscreants wanted to terrify the victim was not confirmed and would be investigated.
SHO of Nazeerabad police station Yogendra Parmar said that the search for the accused has been intensified. The reason behind the attack was dispute over path at the farms as their farms are adjacent at the village. The accused and victim are farmers and have fight earlier over the same issue, he added.