Ludhiana, June 5 -- Police have arrested one person and launched a search for three others after a 27-year-old man died following a brutal assault where the attackers allegedly poured petrol into his mouth. The victim, Surinder Kumar of Kitchlu Nagar, succumbed to his injuries on June 2, two days after the May 30 attack near a tomb adjacent to his residence.

The incident came to light when the victim's father, Sawan Kumar, 60, filed a police complaint stating the attack stemmed from a land dispute. "Our neighbour Jaswinder Singh tried to illegally construct a wall on land near the tomb that belongs to us," Sawan Kumar told police. "When my son objected, Jaswinder called his son Sonu and nephews Gola and Jatin, who then mercilessly beat S...