Karnal, June 4 -- Following a land dispute with a real estate company, a 55-year-old farmer was allegedly burnt to death under mysterious circumstances in Panipat's Nizampur village on Monday night.

The family alleged that he clashed with the associates of the builder, who had arrived on his land to damage their belongings and poured some inflammable substance to burn him alive.

The deceased was identified as Bijender Kumar, a farmer and resident of Nizampur village. Kumar died during treatment at a hospital in Delhi on Tuesday, police said.

According to the FIR, a copy of which HT has, a case was registered against two men from the company -- Ravi and Rajat -- under sections 103 (1) (punishment for murder) and 3 (5) (common intention)...