Kota (Rajasthan), July 11

Prohibitory orders were clamped and internet services suspended for 24 hours in the Baran Municipal Council of Rajasthan following the brutal murder of a teenage boy, the police said on Sunday.

Azad, a resident of Shramik Colony in Talab Para area in Baran district, was allegedly killed on Saturday evening by a group of men over an old dispute, they said, adding the prime accused, Hemant Rathore, and his two accomplices were arrested.

“The brutal murder is the result of personal enmity and rivalry between two groups with no communal angle,” Assistant Superintendent of Police Vijay Swarnkar said.

The victim was shot twice by the prime accused outside Baran Grain Mandi gate, the police said. Then, Rathore and his accomplices attacked him using iron rods while “panic-stricken” passers-by remaining mute spectators.

A CCTV footage shows the accused thrashing Azad till his body goes lifeless, they said. The accused strolled up and down the street for around five minutes after committing the crime, they added. — PTI