After recognizing the complainant, the accused fled the scene, police mentioned. (Representational)

Shivpuri:

A 23-year-old man was allegedly brutally killed by his spouse’s relations over their love marriage at a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, police mentioned on Sunday.

The incident befell in Machhawali village within the district on Saturday evening, an official mentioned.

The sufferer Dheeru Jatav had married a lady from the village towards her household’s needs two years in the past in court docket and the couple had fled to Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Karaira police station in-charge Satish Chouhan mentioned.

The couple had returned to the village lately to have a good time Diwali after a spot of two years, he mentioned, including that the duo belonged to the identical neighborhood.

The sufferer together with two others was heading in direction of a store on Saturday night, when the accused, together with his father-in-law, kidnapped him, the official mentioned.

The accused took the sufferer to a spot close by, the place they killed him with axe, he mentioned.

The sufferer’s father Brakhbhan Jatav, in his grievance, acknowledged that one of many males accompanying his son had knowledgeable him concerning the abduction, the official mentioned.

On reaching the spot, the complainant claimed that he noticed the accused beating his son with sticks and a rifle and later killing him with an axe, he mentioned.

After recognizing the complainant, the accused fled the scene, the official mentioned.

Based on the grievance lodged by the sufferer’s father, a case of homicide has been registered towards seven members of the lady’s household, together with her father, brothers and different kin.

The sufferer’s father mentioned that his son had married the lady towards her household’s needs they usually had threatened him on a number of events.

The complainant mentioned that he had stopped his son from coming to the village, however the latter insisted that since two years had handed, the anger of the lady’s household might need subsided.

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