Sangrur, Dec. 7 -- A youth allegedly bludgeoned a 34-year-old man to death with a brick at a vacant plot on Patran Road on Saturday.

Police have launched a manhunt for the accused, Karanvir Singh, alias Vicky, 22, a resident of Sangrur, after booking him for murder under Section 103 (1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The victim, Ajay Kumar, lived in Sant Nagar, Mehla Road, and worked as a painter for a living.

His wife, Seema Devi, 26, told police that after dropping off her children at school, she spotted her husband with someone on the roadside, where he informed her that he was going to work and would not return home.

Later she asked her nephew Subham Kumar to locate her husband. Upon returning, Subham informed her that a youth na...