Patna: Days after a 40-year-old man died in a violent clash with his neighbours at Satdobh (Ward 44) in Mufassil police station area of Purnia district on Saturday, his elderly father too succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a private hospital late on Monday night.
Confirming this, Purnia superintendent of police (SP) Kartikey Kumar Sharma told this newspaper that Fulchand Sahni (60) died on Monday evening. His son Dinesh Sahni died on Saturday, during the fight with his neighbour Subodh Singh (48) over throwing of a corn cob. Nine people, who were injured in the fight from both sides, are undergoing treatment at GMCH-Purnia.
“Seven people have been arrested in this case, including main accused Singh. Police are conducting raids to nab the others involved in the dispute,” he said, adding the nine injured included five from the family of the deceased persons. “All of them are out of danger.”
Upon receiving the news of Fulchand’s death, the police reached the victim’s house with a force, after which they took the body into their custody and sent it for postmortem.
Mufassil station house officer (SHO) Abhishek Singh said that the accused has been sent to jail.
On Saturday around 2pm, Dinesh’s son threw corn at the neighbour Singh’s house while playing. After this, the house owner started abusing the child, leading to the fight.