The goons thrashed Abdul Samad Khan with their canes for over a minute, delivering the cowardly first blow from behind and leaving the retired policeman, 70 years old, in a heap on the road. Khan was on his way to buy groceries yesterday morning. After he was waylaid and brutalised, the police took him to hospital -- and there, the former sub-inspector succumbed to his injuries. The police have registered an FIR. They say the main accused, Junaid, has a criminal record, and suspect that the motive behind the attack was a property dispute. Allahabad district SSP Nitin Tiwari said another accused, Mohammed Yusuf, has been arrested, and that three others have been detained for questioning.

The goons thrashed Abdul Samad Khan with their canes for over a minute, delivering the cowardly first blow from behind and leaving the retired policeman, 70 years old, in a heap on the road. Khan was on his way to buy groceries yesterday morning. After he was waylaid and brutalised, the police took him to hospital -- and there, the former sub-inspector succumbed to his injuries. The police have registered an FIR. They say the main accused, Junaid, has a criminal record, and suspect that the motive behind the attack was a property dispute. Allahabad district SSP Nitin Tiwari said another accused, Mohammed Yusuf, has been arrested, and that three others have been detained for questioning.