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Man hacked to death over water-related dispute

BHOPAL: A middle-aged man was hacked to death at Piparia village in Shahdol district over water-related dispute on Thursday night.
Police said the deceased, Chhote Lal Jogi, 45, had a dispute with one Shri Ram Gond of his village over fetching water from a hand-pump in their locality.
At around 9 pm, when Jogi was sitting at a Durga Puja Pandal in his village, the accused, Shri Ram Gond arrived there with an axe and attacked him, inflicting fatal injuries on his neck and hands, police said.
The accused escaped after committing the crime. Acting on a tip-off, the accused was arrested from the village outskirts.

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