Ludhiana: UP resident bludgeons labourer to death over monetary dispute; nabbed

The sarpanch saw the accused push the victim onto the ground and bludgeon him to death with stones; he then nabbed him and informed the police

An Uttar Pradesh resident allegedly bludgeoned a farm labourer to death in Jangpur village of Dakha following a dispute over ₹5,000 on Friday. The village sarpanch nabbed the accused and handed him over to the police.

The accused has been booked for murder. (Representative image)

The accused has been identified as Anurag Singh of Banda district of Uttar Pradesh.

The FIR has been lodged on the complaint of sarpanch Amarjit Singh. He said the victim Shiv Narain, 32, was his employee and used to take care of his fields.

On Thursday night when the sarpanch went to his fields, he found that Shiv Narain had got into a scuffle with the accused. He intervened and pacified the duo. Later, Shiv Narain told him that he had borrowed ₹5,000 from Anurag Singh and the latter was pressuring him to return the money.

Singh added that Shiv Narain had promised the accused to return the money next month.

“On Friday night, when I reached the village, I found Anurag Singh assaulting Shiv Narain again. The accused pushed him onto the ground and bludgeoned him to death with stones. I nabbed the accused and informed the police,” said the sarpanch.

Inspector Jagjit Singh, the investigating officer, said a case under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the accused.