A dispute over payment for repairing slippers turned fatal after a 76-year-old cobbler was attacked with his own iron tool in Butibori on Saturday. The elderly man later died during treatment at AIIMS. The accused, identified as Dilip Pawar (35), a resident of Vadar Mohalla, Butibori, was arrested by Butibori Police on the same day. The deceased has been identified as Jaysingh Rajaram Bhaiswar (76), a resident of Butibori. According to police, Pawar had gone to a cobbler’s shop to get his slippers repaired. After the work was completed, he refused to pay the repair charges. Jaysingh, who was at the shop, reportedly asked him to make the payment.

 

An argument followedbetween the two. Pawar abused Jaysingh and picked up an iron triangular anvil used for cobbling work. He allegedly struck Jaysingh on the head with the tool. Jaysingh suffered serious injuries and was rushed to AIIMS. “A dispute over payment escalated into a violent attack. The accused used the iron tool lying at the shop and hit the elderly man on the head. He was arrested soon after the incident,” said a police officer. Butibori Police have registered a case and are investigating the case.