A farmhouse operator was allegedly beaten to death and seven others were taken to the hospital with serious injuries in a dispute over car parking in Gurugram’s Baliawas village, police said on Monday.
The deceased, Praveen, was an operator of the farmhouse Oasis Garden. The 40-year-old man was rushed to a hospital after the attack but died during treatment, reported news agency, PTI as saying police.
Gajender, one of the seven injured, is under care at the ICU of AIIMS-Delhi and is critical.
The incident happened on Saturday night when a group of youths, who had come to the farmhouse to celebrate a birthday party, got into a fight with some locals over parking, police said.
Around 11.30 pm, some of them called a cab to go home. Meanwhile, four young people from the neighboring village of Bandhwari drove up to the farmhouse in an inebriated state, said police, adding that a brawl broke out amongst them.
Soon after, more than a dozen youths reached the farmhouse. They first beat up the students in the parking area and then entered the farmhouse with sticks and thrashed the farmhouse operator.
The farmhouse is run jointly by Naresh Kumar, Praveen Dhull, and Narveer Dagar, all residents of Ramrai village of Haryana’s Jind district.
An FIR under charges of murder and attempt to murder was filed in the matter at DLF Phase I Police Station on the complaint of another farmhouse operator Naresh Kumar, along with other Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Other Sections include 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt).
On Sunday night, the Sikandarpur Crime Unit arrested two people, Sachin and Ashish, both from Bandhwari village, in connection with the incident, said police.
Sikandarpur Crime Unit Head Satender Rawal said, “During interrogation, it was revealed that an argument that started over parking of vehicles escalated into a fight. We are conducting raids to nab others accused.”
(with PTI inputs)
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