LUCKNOW, June 3 -- A 24-year-old man who had recently cleared medical and physical tests for the Border Security Force (BSF) recruitment was allegedly hacked to death outside his house in Patel Nagar, under Bikapur police station limits of Ayodhya, in the early hours of Tuesday. Police officials suspect a land dispute as the motive and have detained two of the accused.

The deceased, Dinesh Kumar Verma, was attacked while he was asleep beneath a shanty outside his home, located just 300 metres from the local police station and around 26 kilometres from the Ayodhya district headquarters. Preliminary investigation suggests he was assaulted with a sharp-edged weapon.

Ayodhya additional superintendent of police (Rural), Balwant Kumar Chowdha...