A 20-year-old Dalit youth, who was allegedly involved in illegal liquor trade, was brutally killed and his leg chopped off allegedly by a rival group of liquor smugglers in the district, police in Pumjab's Mansa said today.


A case of murder has been registered against six persons and one of the accused is also a Dalit.


Police said both the groups were allegedly involved in illegal liquor trade and were involved in clashes in the past. The victim Sukhchain Singh and his friends were called by the other group on the pretext of settling an issue on Monday.


"Then they attacked Sukhchain and his friends with sharp edged weapons on Monday night. Though Sukhchain's friends managed to flee, the other group brutally killed Sukhchain with sharp edged weapon," Mansa SSP Mukhwinder Singh said today. His body was recovered from the house of Balbir, one of the accused, police said.