Man hacks brother to death in Maharashtra's Beed

AURANGABAD: A 30-year-old man has been arrested by Beed police on Sunday for killing his brother with an axe — the ninth murder to be reported in the district within a fortnight.
The murder spree is keeping the police on their toes with Beed superintendent of police (SP) Harssh Poddar issuing directives, asking all police station chiefs to treat every complaint and piece of information seriously and initiate appropriate preventive action.
The latest incident took place in Dindrud of Majalgaon tehsil sometime on Saturday night. According to preliminary probe, the suspect, Gajanan Dashrath Kale, was in an inebriated state and got into an altercation with his 26-year-old brother Laxman.
The altercation soon turned violent following which Gajanan picked up an axe and attacked Laxman. “Based on the complaint lodged by their mother an offence was registered at Dindrud police station and the suspect was arrested,” a police officer said.
As per police record, on May 14, three members of a tribal family were lynched over land dispute in Mangvadgaon village of Kej tehsil of Beed district.
This was followed by a man killing his wife and two sons in Shukrawarpeth area on May 24. The remaining two incidents also involved killing of a two women by their respective husbands.