Four people beaten to death at liquor shop in West Burdwan district of Bengal

Four people were allegedly beaten to death by an individual at a liquor shop in West Bengal’s Paschim Burdwan district, following which the police nabbed the accused, who is suspected to be mentally unstable, a senior officer said on Frida
Three of the victims were sleeping inside the liquor shop in Shibpur area of Asansol, when the accused apparently attacked them with a stick within the dead of the night, beating them black and blue, he said.

They immediately raised an alarm, following which a few of locals gathered, the policeman said.

Some of them informed the nearby police station .
The accused, after beginning , attacked another local, who had visited the spot on hearing the cries, before the police took him into custody.

All four were rushed to a close-by hospital, where the doctor declared them ‘brought dead’, the officer added.