A 26-year-old junior engineer posted with the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board (MPSEB) was beaten to death by two youths at the Chandbad office of the Board in the afternoon on Wednesday. The dispute with the officer was reportedly over an electricity bill.
According to the police, the deceased, Kamlakar Barathe was beaten by two persons who came to file a complaint regarding discrepancy in the electricity bill.
Additional SP Zone 1 Rajesh Chandel said that there was alleged discrepancy in the electricity bill of Nihal's house at Khushipura and his uncle Santosh accompanied him to the MPSEB office in Chandbad where they had a fight with the engineer which resulted into his death.
The two accused were identified as Santosh Vishwakarma (45) of Sagar and his nephew Nihal Vishwakarma (18) of Khushipura Bhopal. Santosh came to meet his brother Omprakash and went to the MPSEB office along with Omprakash's son Nikhil.
The accused created ruckus over the electricity bill issue outside the electricity office after which Kamlakar called the accused inside the office to discuss the issue which the accused agreed and they went inside the office and while they were talking over the issue accused turned violent and started assaulting the deceased.
During the assault decease dreported pain and started to vomit and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
The matter escalated after the accused abused MPSEB employees and called them lazy after which he was offered to discuss the issue by the deceased which cost his life.
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.
Police said that the circumstantial evidences suggest that the deceased died of the assault and in case if he had any kind of ailment which might have caused his death would be investigated.