Man stabbed to death over wine sale dispute

Kanpur: A 48-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by a Palm wine seller, for objecting to sale of wine in a mango orchard in Khidarpur village under the limits of Kotwali police station of Kannauj district.
The man identified as Chotey Lal used to guard a mango orchard belonging to ‘Atar’ trader- Anand Pathak of Pathkana area of the district.
The accused identified as Ismail, a resident of Khidarpur village used to tap Palm tree in the area and produce and sell wine in the mango orchard of ‘Atar’ trader Anand Pathak, who had deployed Chotey Lal to guard the mango crop this season.
The police have booked Ismail and two of his aides on charges of murdering Chotey Lal, a resident of Khidarpur village. Few days ago, Chotey had objected Ismail, who was selling wine in the mango orchard and warned him to apprise police. The accused, along with his two aides had apparently attacked Chotey Lal with a sharp tool around 1 am on Saturday. The assailants fled from the spot leaving Chotey Lal profusely bleeding. Later, he succumbed to his injuries at the spot. On Saturday morning, locals spotted Chotey’s body lying in a pool of blood and alerted his family members and the local police station. Inspector Kotwali, Nagendra Kumar Pathak, said, “In the past also, Ismail had threatened Chotey Lal of dire consequences when he had objected to sale of Palm wine in the mango orchard.”
“Victim’s body has been shifted to mortuary and raids are underway to make arrest of the accused. Investigations are underway,” said inspector.