In Bhopal, a young man was beaten to death: He had come to save his sister and brother-in-law from being beaten up; the dispute arose over a matter of joke.

In Bhopal, a dispute that started over humor and jokes in Anna Nagar on Friday night quickly escalated into a bloody clash. A neighbor suspected that a couple was making fun of him, leading to an initial exchange of insults between the two. When he resisted, they attacked both of them with their accomplices. As 22-year-old Ritik Gaur arrived to rescue the couple, the accused also threw stones at his head. Due to the severity of the injuries, it was not immediately apparent that they were serious.