Rohtak, May 13 -- A 70-year-old retired Army captain was beaten to death by a group of five to six -persons on Sunday night at Mahendergarh's Mulodi village, police said on Monday.

The deceased has been identified as Captain Ram Singh. Deceased Captain's son Rampal, who is serving in Haryana Police, said that a group of persons led by village sarpanch Praveen, his brother-in-law Arun, another villager Rakesh and others barged into their house around 11.45 pm on Sunday night.

"They started thrashing me, my wife, mother and father with sticks and sharp-edged weapons. They killed my father with sticks and then fled in a white Bolero. The sarpanch has been harassing us for not supporting him in the panchayat elections. He used to abuse us,"...