Madhepura man beaten to death by brothers over property dispute

PATNA: A 35-year-old man was beaten to death by his two brothers over a property dispute at Kashipur village under the Murliganj police station area in Madhepura district on Wednesday.
Police said the deceased was identified as Mahesh Sah.
Murliganj police station additional SHO Siddeshwar Kumar Pathak said that Mahesh had four more brothers. “One of the brothers lives separately in Gol Bazaar area at Falka where he had constructed his own house.Two brothers Ganesh Sah and Vinod Sah reside next to Mahesh’s house in the village, while another brother lives in Katihar,” the SHO added.
The SHO said that the brother, who resides at Gol Bazaar, has given up his share in the family property. “However, Ganesh and Vinod wanted the entire property to be distributed in four parts, while Mahesh wanted that it should be divided into five parts so that their mother can also get a share. This was opposed by the duo which was the root cause of dispute. Mahesh was hence thrashed to death by them,” Pathak said.
He said that a panchayat-level meeting was scheduled to take place in the village on Wednesday evening to resolve the property dispute among the Sah brothers but before it the meeting, they picked up a fight.
Pathak said that Mahesh’s wife Pinky Devi has lodged an FIR against Ganesh, Vinod and five more persons for killing her husband. “Ganesh’s father-in-law and brother-in-law are also among the seven named accused,” the SHO said adding that raids were conducted in the village but all the accused are absconding.