Budaun,

27 May (HS): A 35-year-old man was discovered dead with his throat cut in

Amgaon village, Badaun district, Uttar Pradesh, police said Tuesday. According

to Senior Superintendent of Police Brijesh Kumar Singh, Manoj Patel was

murdered with a sharp-edged weapon in a hamlet near the Civil Lines police

station. A case has been filed against two people of the same hamlet based on

the allegation submitted in complaint by Patel's father, Chironjilal, he added.

The SSP stated that Manoj and two others went to the city on Monday night and

drank alcohol. They returned to the

hamlet and proceeded to consume booze till late at night.

During

this time, the three got into a fight about something, and the two guys

murdered Manoj by slicing his neck with a sharp-edged knife, he claimed. Three

teams have been organized to find and apprehend the suspects. Given the tense

situation in the hamlet, an appropriate police force has been deployed, and the

accused will be caught shortly, according to the SSP, who also stated that the

corpse has been submitted for autopsy.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi