Brothers attack man over sharing of water

Update: 2018-03-23 04:49 IST

Eluru: Brothers attacked a man with knives over sharing of borewell water at Vasantavada village in Pedapadu mandal in West Godavari district on Wednesday midnight. According to victim's wife Venkateswaramma, Jujjavarapu Sarveswara Rao (49) of Vasantavada village in Pedapadu mandal. 

The victim is survived by wife, three kids, an elder brother and two younger brothers. The parents of Sarveswara Rao divided the property equally to all the sons. All the four brothers got three-and-a-half acres each and they were cultivating their lands. 

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However, they had a dispute over the joint borewell and this led to an altercation between brothers. Last week, the brothers attacked Sarveswara Rao and the latter was admitted to the Eluru Government Hospital. 

Two days ago, he returned to Vasantavada village. Elder brother Rama Rao, his sons Poornachandra Rao, Tirdeshwara Rao, Nagaswara Rao and youngest brother Umamaheswra Rao attacked Sarveswara Rao at a pan shop in the village on Wednesday late night.

Seriously injured Sarveswara Rao was shifted to the Eluru Government Hospital by his kin and there doctors advised his family members to shift him to Vijayawada for better treatment. It is learnt that Sarveswara Rao is in coma. Pedapadu police registered a case and took up investigation. 

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