Tikamgarh: Unidentified persons hacked an elderly farming couple to death in Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district, police said on Sunday, June 7.
The bodies of Chenu Ghosh (70) and his wife Panbai (70) were found on Sunday morning in a hut at their agricultural field in Ramnagar village, 25 km from the district headquarters, they said.
Preliminary investigation indicates that rivalry over an agricultural land may have triggered the killings, an official said.
The couple was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon and sticks on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, Jatara Sub-Divisional Officer of Police Abhishek Gautam told PTI.
“The victims died on the spot due to the injuries inflicted in the attack,” he said.
The incident came to light on Sunday morning when a villager spotted the bodies and alerted the authorities.
Preliminary investigation suggests that a dispute and rivalry over two acres of agricultural land could be behind the killings, the official said.
“However, the exact motive and other facts will become clear only after a detailed investigation,” he added.
A case had been registered against unidentified persons under section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Digoda police station house officer Manish Mishra said.
Efforts were underway to identify and arrest the accused, he added.
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