Kanpur: A 30-year-old man was allegedly killed by his elder brother in the Ghagghu Kheda village under the limits of Maharajpur police station here.
The police identified the deceased as Shiv Bahadur, son of Jagdish Yadav, as reported.
Family members informed the police after they found the body of Shiv with serious injury marks lying on the cot in the verandah of his house on Sunday.
Accused Dhananjay Singh, after committing the murder, escaped on a bike from the spot.
The deceased Shiv Bahadur was a lawyer and used to practice in the Kanpur court.
According to the news, Dhananjay after having dinner on Saturday night was staying in his room.
His younger brother Shiv Bahadur was sleeping on the verandah next to his room.
Dhananjay's wife Sakshi was sleeping with other women of the house upstairs on the terrace.
The murder came to light on Sunday morning when Shiv Bahadur's sister-in-law Sakshi came down and spotted his body with severe wounds lying upon the cot on the front porch of the house.
She raised an alarm forthwith. The family members also turned up. Crying and wailing began to reverberate.
Police said that Shiv Bahadur was mercilessly murdered by Dhananjay. His face was crushed.
The police recovered a broken stick with a blood stain on it. The accused had fled on the bike after the incident.
The motive behind the crime is believed to be a family and property dispute.
