<p>Thane: A 52-year-old man was axed to death in public over a dispute in a village in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The attack took place at Jambrude village in Murbad taluka on Saturday morning, an official said.</p>.<p>He said five persons allegedly assaulted the victim, Barchandra Birhade, with an axe in the village square and killed him on the spot.</p>.NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Kota a day before exam.<p>Locals immediately alerted the police, and the body was sent for post-mortem to a nearby government hospital.</p>.<p>The official said a preliminary probe revealed that the victim's son is the deputy sarpanch of the village, while the accused were affiliated with the sarpanch, who is a woman.</p>.<p>He said there were tensions between the two groups for months over development projects and RTI (Right to Information) disclosures initiated by the victim's side.</p>.<p>The police have arrested one person in connection with the attack, and a hunt has been launched for the suspects who are absconding, the official said.</p>.<p>Based on a complaint filed by the victim's family, the police have registered a case under section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and the woman sarpanch has also been named as an accused, he said.</p>
<p>Thane: A 52-year-old man was axed to death in public over a dispute in a village in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The attack took place at Jambrude village in Murbad taluka on Saturday morning, an official said.</p>.<p>He said five persons allegedly assaulted the victim, Barchandra Birhade, with an axe in the village square and killed him on the spot.</p>.NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Kota a day before exam.<p>Locals immediately alerted the police, and the body was sent for post-mortem to a nearby government hospital.</p>.<p>The official said a preliminary probe revealed that the victim's son is the deputy sarpanch of the village, while the accused were affiliated with the sarpanch, who is a woman.</p>.<p>He said there were tensions between the two groups for months over development projects and RTI (Right to Information) disclosures initiated by the victim's side.</p>.<p>The police have arrested one person in connection with the attack, and a hunt has been launched for the suspects who are absconding, the official said.</p>.<p>Based on a complaint filed by the victim's family, the police have registered a case under section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and the woman sarpanch has also been named as an accused, he said.</p>