Bullocks stray into paddy field, owner beaten to death by enraged farmer in CG

Two bullocks straying into a paddy field in Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh, resulted in their owner being beaten to death by an enraged farmer using bamboo and wooden sticks on November 11. Police arrested the accused, Fitu Ram alias Dhank Ram, and sent him to judicial custody following a complaint by the victim’s son-in-law, Deepak Baghel. According to police, 56-year-old Etwa Ram was resting near a tree while his bullocks grazed on standing crop in Baslanghana village under City Kotwali area. Fitu Ram confronted the owner and launched a violent assault with sticks, also attacking villagers who attempted to intervene. ASP Rakesh Kumar Patanwar stated that investigators gathered evidence linking the accused to the fatal attack, and police recovered the weapons used. Based on the complaint, authorities registered a murder case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and launched an investigation. During questioning, Fitu Ram admitted to the assault following a dispute over crop damage. Baghel had rushed the unconscious victim to Jashpur district hospital, where doctors declared him dead upon arrival.