LUCKNOW, Nov. 6 -- A 46-year-old man was allegedly beaten and hacked to death by a woman's father and her four brothers in Badaun district on Thursday evening, a day after police traced her and her alleged lover, the victim's nephew, in Noida, nearly a year after they reportedly left home together.

According to police, the victim, Awadhesh Sisodia, was cleaning the area outside his house in the Musajhag police station area around 6 pm when Munendra and his four sons allegedly attacked him with spades and sharp-edged weapons following an altercation. The accused then fled the scene.

The incident, which took place around 15 km from the district headquarters, followed a development at the police station earlier that day, where Munendra's d...