Elderly man murdered in Pratapgarh

PRAYAGRAJ: A 75-year-old man was found brutally murdered outside his house in Tarapur village under the limits of the Sangipur police station of Pratapgarh district on Thursday morning. Police said that the criminals slit the throat of the elder man identified as Madar Yadav when he was sleeping outside the house.
Reports said that the slain elderly man after having dinner had gone to sleep outside the house on Wednesday night.In late-night hours, after the family members heard the cries of the elderly man, they rushed to the spot and spotted three to four men surrounding Yadav.
The elderly man was found bleeding profusely and the unidentified persons found at the spot also pelted stones on Madar Yadav's family members, after the family members tried to catch them. Initially, police investigations revealed property disputes might be the reason behind the killing of the old man. Locals told police that family members of Yadav had a dispute with some people over the construction issue on disputed land a few days back and police had warned both the parties. However, Yadav's murder created panic in the village, and locals have demanded police higher-ups to crack the incident at the earliest.