An elderly farmer and his son were allegedly murdered by two people in their fields over a land dispute in Maharashtra’s Latur district. Police gave this information on Wednesday.
Police said that the bodies of both the victims were recovered in Rudhada village of Ahmedpur tehsil and two accused have been arrested in this case. Shivraj Nivrutti Surnar (70) and his son Vishwanath Shivraj Surnar (20) had gone to sleep in the hut on their farm at around 9.30 pm on Monday night as usual.
An officer of Ahmedpur police station said that after some time the attackers attacked him several times with sharp weapons on his face, neck and head. The attackers dumped the bodies near a water tank in the village. He said that after receiving the information on Tuesday morning, the police reached the spot. ‘Forensic’ experts, Swan Squad and other teams were called to collect evidence from the spot.
The officer said that the police have arrested Narsingh Bhaurao Shinde (60) and Kerba Narsingh Shinde (22), residents of the same village, for murdering a farmer and his son over a land dispute. According to local people, last year an elderly couple from the same village was also attacked in a similar manner.