Bhind man beaten to death over money for liquor; seven booked, including a woman

A quarrel over a refusal to give money for liquor has cost a 25-year-old man his life in Daboh, in Bhind district. It is alleged that some people reached the man's house on the night between Wednesday and Thursday and attacked him with sticks and batons. Three more members of his family, who came to save him, were also injured in the assault.

Daboh police station in-charge Ravi Upadhyay said the deceased was Shailendra Parihar, also known as Shilu, a resident of Sarkari Awas and the son of Kanhai. Rajkumar Savita, who lives in the neighbourhood, had been asking him for money to buy liquor. When Shailendra refused, the two had an argument. According to police, it was out of this enmity that Rajkumar Savita arrived at Shailendra's house between about 12 and 1 am with six associates.

All of them together attacked Shailendra with sticks and batons. Hearing the noise, his brother Ravindra, mother Sarman and sister-in-law Rambati Savita came to intervene, but the accused beat them up as well. All four were injured in the assault.

After the incident, all the injured were taken by ambulance to the civil hospital in Lahar. As their condition was serious, doctors referred them to Gwalior. Shailendra died on the way to Gwalior.

On Thursday, police had a post-mortem conducted on Shailendra and handed the body to his family. Police have registered a case under sections relating to murder and attempt to murder against Rajkumar Savita, Devendra Vishwakarma, Jitendra Vishwakarma, Unni Pandit, Prashant Savita, Pawan Savita and Asha Savita. One of the seven is a woman. Police are searching for all the accused.