Jharkhand: 1 shot dead, 4 injured in clash over land dispute

RANCHI: (May 23) A 23-year-old man was shot dead and his four relatives were injured after a clash broke out between two families over a land dispute in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Saturday, police said.

The incident took place in Rampur village in Chainpur police station area around 11 am when Rajendra Singh and his relatives reportedly damaged the boundary wall of Shushila Kunwar, who was carrying out construction on her land, they said, adding the neighbours had some dispute over the land.

Singh and his relatives then attacked Kunwar’s family, opening fire and beating them up with sticks.