DEORIA (Uttar Pradesh): The priest of a temple at Tenuba Chaubey village here was beaten to death with sticks after he allegedly got into an altercation with some people over the playing of loud music, police said on Wednesday.
The deceased has been identified as Ashok Chaubey (60).
Superintendent of Police Sankalp Sharma told the media that the incident took place Tuesday night and three people have been detained, he added.
Chaubey was beaten with sticks by some people with whom he had an altercation over the playing of DJ (music). He was rushed to a medical college, where he was declared dead, he said.
Police personnel have been deployed in the area. Probe is underway, he added.
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