Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man, son beaten to death by neighbours over property dispute

BAREILLY: A 52-year-old Dalit man and his 22-year-old son were allegedly beaten to death by neighbours over a property dispute in Moradabad’s Hanuman Nagar locality on Saturday.
According to police, 10-15 people barged into the victims’ house and attacked the family members, killing the father-son duo on the spot.
Police said the father’s body was found inside the house, while the son’s body was found abandoned 200-metre away from the house. Two accused were arrested in this connection, said police, adding that the post-mortem reports were awaited.
The victims have been identified as Kishan Lal and his son Rajesh.
In her complaint, Lal’s 27-year-old daughter Gudiya, who visited her parents’ house a few days ago, stated that neighbours used to spar with her parents over their house. On Saturday, a mob of 10-15 people barged into her house and attacked her brother Rajesh, who was mentally unstable, and her father, who was unwell and very weak, she said.
Majhola police station SHO Rakesh Kumar Singh said, “The accused had fled the spot before police reached there. The bodies have been sent for postmortem.”
Speaking to TOI, Moradabad superintendent of police Amit Anand said, “The father-son duo died after they were repeatedly attacked with bricks. An FIR has been registered under section 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of the Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Police have arrested two accused — Moti Ram and Sanjay — while they are on the lookout for other accused.”