GAYA JI, Jan. 16 -- A middle-aged man was beaten to death and six members of his family, including three women, were injured after they objected to a bicycle hitting a woman of the family in Gaya Ji district, police said on Friday.

Police said the incident took place at Gaharpur village under Tekari police station limits. A minor bicycle collision escalated into violence when the daughter of one Pankaj Paswan, who was riding the bicycle, hit Nisha Kumari, wife of Suraj Kumar. When Nisha and her family protested, an argument broke out. Paswan and his family members allegedly attacked the other side with sticks and iron rods.

Madhes Paswan (55) was brutally assaulted and fell unconscious, while his family members-Malti Devi, Nisha Devi, K...