Patna: A 30-year-old man died on Monday morning after battling severe burn injuries for eight days after he was allegedly thrown into a ‘kadahi’ (large cooking pan) of boiling oil during a wage dispute at a feast in Nalanda district.Kamo Chauhan, son of Bal Govind Chauhan, was allegedly assaulted and pushed into the pan on the night of Oct 4 in Daruara Beldariya village under Noorsarai police station. He had gone to assist a confectioner at a ‘brahmabhoj’ ceremony when a dispute over payment allegedly turned violent.He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. Chauhan worked at a brick kiln outside Bihar and had returned to his village a few days earlier.According to his family, Dilip and Raja, an uncle-nephew duo from Kondi village, had taken him along to help with confectionery work at a ‘brahmabhoj’ ceremony in Daruara Bathani on Oct 4.His elder brother, Sube Chauhan, said, “The incident took place around 8pm. After the work was over, when my brother demanded his wages, the accused got enraged. An argument and abuse started between the two sides.”He alleged the accused thrashed Kamo before throwing him into the pan of boiling oil used for frying ‘puri’.The accused took him to Biharsharif Sadar Hospital, allegedly to portray the incident as an accident. He was referred to Pawapuri, but the accused fled when his family arrived. They later shifted him to private hospitals in Patna, spending over Rs 6 lakh on treatment.SHO of Noorsarai police station Arvind Kumar said, “The body has been sent for post-mortem. An FIR will be registered as soon as an application is received from the family members and strict legal action will be taken as per law.”He said raids were on to arrest the absconding accused, Dilip and Raja.
