Two brothers killed in UP over land dispute

Two brothers were killed with one of them hacked to death on Tuesday over a land dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.

Nand Kishore (35) was attacked by Ramjit and his accomplices Subhash and Rajesh when he was going to the local police station to lodge a complaint in connection with the dispute, they said.

Hearing Kishore's screams, his elder brother Arvind rushed to his help, but the accused attacked and injured him too. Arvind was taken to a health centre where he was declared brought dead, police said.

Kishore was hacked to death with a sickle and he died on the spot, they said, adding that a search has been launched to nab the perpetrators.

On Monday evening, Ramjit had allegedly attempted to occupy the disputed land in Parsadiya village and this had led to an altercation between him and Kishore, police said, adding that elders of the village intervened and pacified them.

Superintendent of Police, Kheri, Poonam, who visited the spot along with other senior officials, said "the land dispute between them was the reason behind the double murder."