More than a dozen people were injured in a bloody clash that took place between two groups over land dispute at Barkheda village under Khajuri police station area on Wednesday; half a dozen people have sustained serious injuries in the clash.
Police said that six injured people are reportedly critical and admitted in hospital.
The two groups are of the same family and entered a fight over land dispute in the evening on Wednesday.
The two parties Monu Kushwaha and Rajkumar entered a verbal spate over land the confrontation soon turned nasty as the exchange of words was replaced with deadly attack lead by armed men. The quarrel between the two was soon joined by family members from both the parties who attacked with sharp edged weapons.
Few of the injured who were rushed to hospital were injured while trying to intervene pacifying the fight.
The reason behind the clash is an old land dispute between the two members of the same family who claim their ownership over the land.
The two had fights over the issue in the past also and were pacified after the intervention of villagers.
The victims were attacked by iron rods and sharp-edged weapons.
The victims were identified as Bapulal, Umrao Singh, Indra Singh, Jagannath Singh, Srjan Singh, Kailash Bai and Sampath Bai.
The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital where the conditions of six injured is reportedly critical while condition of the remaining injured are stable and undergoing treatment.
Both the groups involved in the clash have lodged complaints of attempt to murder against each other.
The police have registered a case under section 307 and 34 of the IPC on the persons in both the groups and have started further investigation
On the complaint of Monu Kushwaha police have booked Raju, Phool Singh, Raja, Ashok, Sone, Bhadra and Kamlesh while on the complaint of Rajkumar police have booked Hiralal, Narmada, Sonu, Monu, Vikas and Mukesh.