Mob in Madhya Pradesh burns 2 liquor sellers alive

Members of a marriage party early Monday morning burnt to death two liquor salesmen in a Madhya Pradesh village following a tiff over the price of booze, the police said. The incident occurred in Temni village under Lanji police station of Balaghat district.

According to the 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 drunk mob 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.