Fuelled over an old enmity, a 55-year-old man was murdered while his 35-year-old son escaped with injuries. They were attacked by half a dozen miscreants at Gurjartoli village under Berasia police station area late in the night on Sunday.
According to the police, the deceased Balkishan Gurjar died during treatment at Hamidia hospital while his son Jagdish sustained injuries.
During the initial investigation, police found that a fight occurred in the evening when the deceased was passing near Bhura’s house and had a fight with Parshuram alias Bhura who was later joined with Gaurav, Arjun, Bhagirath and 2-3 others who attacked him with wooden sticks and sharp edged weapons and to rescue his father Balkishan’s son Jagdish rushed to the spot but failed to help his father and the two were beaten brutally. The injured were rushed to Hamidia hospital where Balkishan died around 11 pm while his son was referred to Apex hospital.
SDOP Berasia Beena Singh said that the accused and deceased had a fight over the road in farms and he was attacked when he was crossing the farms alone. The miscreants escaped the spot and are still missing. Search for the miscreants has been intensified.
The attack was fuelled over old enmity over not allowing to use road in the farms of the accused. Condition of deceased’s son is stable and he is undergoing treatment at Apex hospital.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem.
The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.