Kanpur: A 22-year-old man was allegedly bludgeoned to death by his father following a dispute over Rs 5 lakh from a recent land sale in Kanpur Dehat’s Sikandra area on Tuesday night. The accused, who had allegedly been spending proceeds from the sale on intoxicants, also injured his wife when she tried to intervene and fled the spot.Police registered a murder case and launched raids to arrest him.Ramjeevan Kushwaha had recently received Rs 12 lakh after selling his field and was allegedly spending the money on intoxicants. His elder son, Abhishek Kumar, and other family members opposed this.On Tuesday night, Ramjeevan left home with a bag containing about Rs 5 lakh and consumed intoxicants at a shop in the town. His younger son, Anand, went there and asked him to return home, leading to an argument. Anand then called Abhishek, who took the bag from his father and returned home with the cash.Around 11 pm, after the family had gone to sleep, Ramjeevan allegedly repeatedly struck Abhishek on the head and face with a brick. Abhishek’s mother, Usha, was injured in the hand when she tried to intervene. Ramjeevan then fled.Anand and neighbours took Abhishek to a nearby hospital. After primary treatment, he was admitted to a private hospital in Kalyanpur, Kanpur, where he died on Wednesday. The family informed police thereafter.Sikandra police station in charge Sudhakar Singh said a murder case had been registered against Ramjeevan on Anand’s complaint.CO Saurabh Verma said teams were conducting raids to arrest the accused.Abhishek supported his family by driving a tractor and wanted to use the proceeds from the latest land sale to build a house.Ramjeevan had previously sold about one bigha and four biswa of land and allegedly spent the proceeds on intoxicants.
