Mumbai: A father-son duo was gunned down over property dispute at Gundaripande village near Parseoni in Nagpur District on Sunday. The incident occurred in the evening when the duo was in the village.
The accused are absconding after committing the gory crime. The deceased are identified as Bandu Meshram (65) and his son Suraj Meshram (35), both residents of Gondegaon, near Kanhan. Police suspect property dispute to be the reason behind the gruesome murder.
According to police, Meshram family had brought a piece of agriculture land in the village and thereafter constructed a house in the farm. At around 4 pm, the body of Bandu was found on the farm while Suraj’s body was lying near an overhead water tank in the village.
Bandu was working on the farm when the assailant cornered him and shot at him from a close range while Suraj was playing cards with the villagers when he also faced the fate of his father. Both breathed their last on the spot.
A former Police office of the village alerted the police about the incident after villagers came rushing to him and narrated the tale. Superintendent of Police (SP) Rakesh Ola rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation.
Soon after the murders, the villagers have locked their houses from inside. “The villagers are tight-lipped and avoiding the cops and this seems to indicate an involvement of powerful people in the murders,” said a police officer.
The police yet not sure about which fire-arm was used in the case, though given proximity of the village to mine area use of country-made revolver is quite high. Police registered a case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code against unidentified people.
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