Over bursting firecrackers…
On Friday, Police said, an elderly man was allegedly beaten to death in Haryana's Faridabad after he objected to people bursting firecrackers in his locality.
A case has been filed according to the complaint from the victim's son.
On Thursday evening, according to the complainant, three men, Raju, Dheeraj and Nandu were bursting firecrackers in front of the victim's residence in the Housing Board Colony in Faridabad's Sector 18. When his father objected to it, a fight started, the complainant aid.
Vinod somehow normalised the situation for a time being but at around 1 am, the three men came back and again started bursting firecrackers in front of their house, the complaint said.
As Vinod's father came out of the house and objected to it, he was allegedly thrashed by the three accused. Vinod and his wife were also allegedly roughed up by the three men when they tried to intervene.
The complainant's father got injured on the spot, police said, adding that a search is on to arrest the accused.
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