Police officials said that the incident took place yesterday when the person, identified as Sant Ram, a Dalit and resident of village Budha Kala under Khalilabad police station area, was murdered.
The body has been sent for postmortem and two persons from the same village have been arrested, they added.
Old enmity may be a possible cause of the crime, police said. Following the murder, a large number of police personnel have been deployed in the village.
The situation is under control, and investigations in the case are going on, the police said.
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