Washerman beaten to death, politician held

RANCHI - A washerman was beaten to death by a politician for failing to iron his clothes in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district Sunday, police said. The politician was arrested.

The incident took place at Dhobi Colony of Hazaribgh district, around 110 km from Ranchi.

Mohammad Imtiyaz, who was earlier associated with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), got angry Sunday when he was informed by washerman Abbas that he could not iron his clothes as there was no electricity, police said.

Both Imtiyaz and the washerman had an argument over the issue. Imtiyaz beat up Abbas who started vomiting blood, police said.

Abbas died in hospital. A First Information Report (FIR) was lodged against Imtiyaz for murder and he was arrested, police said.

“Imtiyaz hit my father on chest after which he started vomiting blood,” said Nausad, Abbas’ son told reporters.