Pestered to find a job, man kills younger brother

Nagpur: A 27-year-old man allegedly murdered his younger brother by brutally assaulting him with a wooden log over a minor dispute on Friday midnight in Katangdhara village under Hingna police station limits.The deceased has been identified as Shubham Pandharam (23), while the accused is his elder brother Harishchandra (27). According to police, Harishchandra was unemployed and an alcoholic, while Shubham and his father were the main earning hands of the family.On Friday night, Harishchandra returned home drunk. Shubham scolded him for drinking and urged him to find a job, leading to a heated argument.The family later went to sleep in the courtyard. Nursing a grudge, Harishchandra allegedly picked up a wooden log and struck Shubham on the head while he was asleep at around 12.30am. Shubham died instantly from the injury.Instead of fleeing, the accused sat beside the body, staring at it. Their mother woke up around 1am and discovered the gruesome scene. Hingna police, led by senior inspector Jitendra Bobde, rushed to the spot, conducted a panchnama and sent the body for postmortem. The accused has been arrested.