Clash kills one in MP

Shivpuri, MP, Sep 24 (UNI) A villager was killed and eight injured, one of them severely, after two groups clashed today over tugging of a powerline in this district's Padora village.

''The dispute ensued this morning and aggravated to an extent that a crossfire ensued. Bystander Dayaram Rawat was killed on the spot. Use of other weapons and stone-pelting hurt the others who were admitted to Gwalior's Jayarogya Hospital,'' SP Sajid Farid Shapu.

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