A 30-year-old man was bludgeoned to death allegedly by five persons over a petty issue at Talera town here, police said today.
Amarjeet Singh's vehicle last night hit a table kept outside a shop and an argument ensued, following which he was battered to death with stones by the shop owner, Bhagwan, and his three sons and son-in-law, SHO of Talera police station, Bhagwati Prashad said.
Singh was rushed to Talera community health centre from where doctors referred him to MBS hospital Kota but he succumbed to injuries on the way, he said.
All the accused fled after the crime, Prashad said.
The body was this morning handed over to the victim's family members after postmortem, he said.
An FIR has been registered against the five accused under section 302 (murder) of IPC in this connection, the SHO said.
