Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh): One particular person has been arrested for killing the brother of an IAS officer over a money-related dispute in Pratapgarh.

The particular person arrested has been recognized as Hriday Lal of Maheshganj police station space.

The police have additionally recovered a stick to which the accused had attacked Ashwani Shukla, 48, who was crushed to loss of life on Monday.

Superintendent of Police, Pratapgarh, Satpal, mentioned that the sufferer’s brother Rakesh Shukla is an IAS officer and is at the moment posted as Director, Social Welfare in Lucknow.

Explaining the sequence of occasions, the SP mentioned that Ashwani had lent a sum of cash to a villager Hriday Lal.

“On Monday morning, the victim learned that Hriday Lal had sold a piece of his land recently, so he visited the accused on Monday to take back his money,” the SP mentioned.

During the dialog, a spat came about between them and in a match of rage, Hriday Lal picked up a stick and attacked Ashwani. He struck a number of blows on Ashwani’s head.

Following the impression, a profusely bleeding Ashwani fell on the bottom.

The locals knowledgeable the police who took him to hospital in Rae Bareli from the place he was referred to Lucknow. However, he succumbed to the accidents throughout remedy.

Rakesh Shukla has lodged an FIR of try to homicide which might now be transformed right into a homicide case.

(IANS)