JAMMU: Police reported on Sunday that a young man and an elderly individual were murdered in two separate incidents. In the first case, a 23-year-old was slain by his younger brother following a domestic argument in the Smailpur area of Domana early on Sunday morning, according to a police spokesperson.
He said Anil Kumar (20) attacked his brother Mukesh Kumar with a sharp-edged weapon over a domestic dispute, resulting in his death.
The accused has been arrested, he added.
In the second incident, four persons manhandled an elderly person before throwing him from the rooftop of his house in Shakti nagar, the spokesperson said.
The accused — Ashok Kumar, Sahil Badiyal, Aman and Rishi — barged into the house of Madan Lal and allegedly assaulted him and son Sanjay Kumar over an old enmity, he said.
As per a complaint lodged in this regard, the accused used baseball bats and lathis during the attack before throwing Lal down from the roof, resulting in critical injuries to him.
Lal was shifted to the government medical college hospital, where he succumbed to injuries, police said.
The four accused have been arrested, they added.
