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Nagpur: A 35-year-old man was reportedly stoned to death by some unidentified assailants over an old enmity in the wee hours of Saturday. The deceased identified as Harish Raghunath Patel, was a resident of Kachipura and would sell pani-puri to earn livelihood. The incident occurred under jurisdiction of Bajaj Nagar police.
According to police sources, the accused had first attacked Patel with a sharp edged weapon on Kachipura main road, barely 200-200 meters from his house before stoned him to death at around 3 am. Patel was left lying in the pool of blood for entire night. In the morning when a local housemaid spotted his body, the matter came to fore. Following which the locals alerted the Bajaj Nagar police station.