Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A 55-year-old man was beaten to death with wooden sticks by distant family members in a dispute over ancestral land worth crores of rupees in the Kanadiya police station area. On March 27, the man’s body was found under a tree in an open field near the Bisankheda area.
Police have detained three suspects, who are distant family members of the deceased, and are interrogating them to verify their roles. The deceased was identified as Babulal Parmar, a resident of Kanadiya Royal Estate. Additional DCP (Zone-2) Amrendra Singh said that Babulal had an ongoing dispute with his distant family members over ancestral land.
On the day of the incident, they met at a house for discussions. Later, they went to the field to settle the dispute, but an argument broke out. The accused assaulted Babulal with wooden sticks, following which he became unconscious.
The accused fled the scene, leaving him with serious injuries which resulted in his death. Police examined the spot after sending the body for autopsy. Initially, the cause of death was not clear. However, two days later, the short post-mortem examination report confirmed that he had been murdered and police registered a case for murder.
Complaint about death threats ignored, says son-in-law
Babulal’s son-in-law Jitendra alleged that Babulal had a dispute with his cousins Saligram, Ghanshyam and Bhuwan Singh over a 10-beegha ancestral land worth crores.Police have detained the trio and are questioning them.
According to Jitendra, the accused had illegally taken possession of the land and sold it to a builder through a middleman Kamal Patel. Babulal had been complaining about the illegal encroachment at the Collectorate since July 2024, but no action was taken.
He was also threatened with death if he did not sell the land. Jitendra further claimed that Babulal had reported the death threats to the Kanadiya police, but no action was taken. Had the police intervened, his murder could have been prevented, he added.
