Kanpur: A 55-year-old farmer was found murdered in his field in the Fattepur Chaurasi police station area of Unnao on Wednesday morning apparently over land dispute, police said.Police said Kanhaiyalal Nishad of Bhikharippur village had been attacked with a sharp-edged weapon. Kanhaiyalal had gone to his field—located about 1km from his house—on Tuesday evening to guard his crop. When he did not return home by morning, his son, Rakesh, went to check on him and found his blood-soaked body lying on a cot. Rakesh alleged that the murder was linked to an old land dispute. He said he had purchased a plot from a villager, Nangu, six years ago. When he began construction on the land six months ago, Nangu and his associates allegedly opposed it and threatened him. Station officer Gyanendra Kumar said the body had been sent for postmortem and probe was on.
