A 36-year-old man from Bihar was beaten to death by a group of people in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district due to an internal dispute, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Madhaul village in the Runnisaidpur police station area on Monday, Sub-divisional Police Officer (Sadar), Kumar Veer Dhirendra said.
The deceased’s family, however, has lodged an FIR alleging that he was killed by two persons for reporting to the police about their return to the village from Mumbai amid the coronavirus outbreak, he said.
Babloo Kumar, the victim, also worked in Maharashtra’s Pune and returned to Madhaul village in Sitamarhi district two months back.
His brother, Guddu, said Kumar tipped off government officials about the return of Munna Mahto and Sudhir Kumar.
Guddu said a medical and police team took the families for tests and released them on March 25 with the advice of home quarantine. He said Kumar was assaulted on Monday. He was rushed to a hospital in Muzaffarpur that declared him brought dead.
