Farmer and Son Killed Over A Land Dispute In Maharashtra

Two persons allegedly killed an elderly farmer and his son at their farm in Maharashtra’s Latur district over a land issue, police said on Wednesday.

The duo was found dead at Rudhda village in Ahmadpur tehsil on Tuesday, they said, adding that two accused persons have been arrested. Shivraj Nivrutti Surnar (70) and



his son Vishwanath Shivraj Surnar (20) had, as usual, gone to sleep in a hut on their farm around 9.30 pm on Monday.

Later, the attackers struck them repeatedly on the face, neck and head with sharp weapons. The attackers then dumped the bodies near a water tank in the village, an official from Ahmadpur police station said.