A 33-year-old person was axed to death after being shot at allegedly by his neighbours over his objection to their creating noise at Rabhada village in Sadar area of the district, police said today.
The incident occurred last night when victim Sandip, who was at his house, objected to his neighbours creating noise in inebriated condition, Deputy Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar said.
An altercation broke out between him and the neighbours, he said, adding that to settle the issue, Sandip's father Ramphal who came to intervene was beaten up by them.
When Sandip opposed to this, they opened fire at him. Barely 10 meters away, he fell on the ground after which the accused axed him to death and fled the spot, the DSP said.
His body was handed over to the family members after post mortem, he said.
Following a complaint by Ramphal, a named case under section 302 (murder) of IPC has been registered against 14 persons, of which seven have been named, Kumar said, adding that efforts are on to nab the accused.
Sandeep was an engineer and has earlier worked with a private telecom company.
