Ballia: At least two persons were killed and two others injured after an argument over an old land dispute turned deadly in Kharid village in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district on Wednesday night, police said.
The victims, Anil Yadav and his nephew Pankaj Yadav received serious injuries in an attack by the opposite party and succumbed in hospital later, Ballia Superintendent of Police Omveer Singh said. He said two more persons were also injured in the attack and are undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
Police said the land dispute has been going on for many years between the two families, and there has been a court stay also in the matter. A month ago, an altercation was triggered between the two sides, which led to police complaints and the registering of FIRs against both sides. Police said they were also preparing to file charge sheets in the cases.
Citing a complaint by the victims’ family, SP Singh stated that the main accused, Ramjeet Yadav, and his sons, Niranjan Yadav, Neeraj Yadav, and Manish Yadav, along with others, entered the victims' house and attacked the family, injuring four members, of whom two succumbed to serious injuries at a hospital.