Farmer beaten to death in Kaushambi

Prayagraj: A farmer was beaten to death while his son was injured over a petty dispute in Tikri Nagi village under Paschim Sarira police station of Kaushambi district on Thursday night.
The deceased farmer, identified as Mann Singh Patel (46), was a resident of Tikri village and owned fields in Barua village.
On Thursday morning, his daughter Roli was safeguarding the field from stray cattle.She plucked some manages from a nearby mango field which belonged to one Udayraj.
As per police, Udayraj allegedly rebuked the girl who later narrated the incident to her father and brother Vipin.
On Thursday night, Patel, along with Vipin, reached Udayraj’s house to confront him about his misbehaviour whith his daughter. But Udayraj and his aides started thrashing Patel and his son.
Hearing their cries, villagers rushed to the spot but the Udayraj and his fled from the scene.
Patel became unconscious due to the brutal thrashing, and succumbed to his injuries before he was taken to the hospital.
IG (Allahabad range) K P Singh told TOI that the police have detained four persons for interrogation and probe is underway.