This Article is From Mar 18, 2013

Man beaten to death in Rajasthan

Jaipur: A man was on Sunday allegedly beaten to death by a group of men in Asind area of Bhilwada district in Rajasthan over a dispute regarding his "second marriage", police said.

According to station officer Tulsi Ram, five-six men forcefully pulled Manroop Gujjar (35) into their jeep and took him to Bherukheda village, where they brutally attacked him with batons.

Gujjar was taken to a government hospital by locals, where he succumbed to his injuries. Both his arms and legs had been broken by the assailants, Ram said.

He said the actual reason behind the attack on Gujjar was not immediately known, but there had been a dispute between him and the attackers over the former's "second marriage".

Ram refuted the claims made by villagers that Gujjar was beaten up after being tied to a tree.

A case has been registered against unidentified persons, he said.

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