Uttarakhand: 12 booked for beating BJP worker to death

Authorities raze illegal structures belonging to an accused. Pic/PTI

A 44-year-old local BJP functionary was allegedly beaten to death and three members of his family were critically injured in a clash in Bairagiwala village here, police said on Sunday.

According to the police, the victim, Vinod, got into an altercation over watering an adjacent field belonging to Imtiaz of the same village.

After the row, a group of more than 40 people, armed with lathis, wooden planks, and hammers, stormed Vinod's house. Vinod died on the spot after being struck on the head.

In the wake of the killing, authorities razed "illegal" structures belonging to the accused amid cries of "Jai Shri Ram" by the crowd gathered.

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