Rohtak, March 2 -- A former village sarpanch's son and his brother's grandson were killed with sharp edged-weapons by a group of assailants of the same village in Sirsa's Khokhar village, which falls under the Dabwali police district over a land dispute on Sunday, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Jharmal Singh, 45, and his nephew Daljit Singh, 25.

According to police, the incident took place when victims were going on a motorcycle to attend the new house inauguration ceremony of their uncle Mahender Singh in the neighbouring Norang village.

"A group of rival assailants attacked them with sharp-edged weapons when they were about to leave their village. After getting the news of the attack, people from both sides reached...