Kanpur, Sept. 4 -- A man allegedly attacked five members of his in-laws' family with a sickle in Bheekampur village in Aung area of Fatehpur district around 2am on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. Three of his nephews, his younger brother-in-law and the latter's wife were seriously injured.

Villagers who gathered after hearing the screams caught the alleged attacker, Pawan Kumar, and beat him to death.

The incident stemmed from a family dispute and police were also searching for Pawan's elder brother-in-law, 55-year-old Raju, whom he had allegedly taken away from the village a few hours earlier. Police and villagers searched a pond, fields and nearby forest areas amid suspicion that Raju might have been killed.

Police s...