Bhopal: Members of a marriage party early on Monday morning burnt to death two liquor salesmen in a Madhya Pradesh village following tiff over price of booze, police said. The incident occurred in the village of Temni under Lanji police station in Balaghat district.
According to police, one Snajay Rathore, brother of the bride, had picked up quarrel with the owner of the shop while bargaining price of liquor.
The liquor vendor later chased him away by threatening to charge him with his baton.
Later, Sanjay marched to the show with bridegroom party who had then gathered in the village and attacked it. While the shop owner ran for his life, two attendants in the shop hid inside the makeshift shop. The mob, each of whom was fully drunk, later set on fire the shop.
The two attendants, Ram Vilas Yadav (22) and Amarendra Singh (25) were charred to death along with the shop. “We have arrested 15 people in connection with the incident”, Balaghat range inspector general of police D.C.Sagar said.
