A Sub-Divisional Magistrate and three other individuals have been arrested in connection with the death of a 60-year-old man after he was beaten up with sticks during a raid against illegal mining in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district, police said on Monday. The four accused were arrested after the investigation and booked for murder, the police officer added. (HT Photo/Representational Image) The accused persons are identified as Kusmi SDM Karun Dahariya, a State Administrative Service Officer, and private persons- Vicky Singh alias Ajay Pratap Singh, Manjeet Kumar Yadav, and Sudip Yadav. Acting on information, Dahariya, Singh, Manjeet, and Sudip had left for Hanspur village in the SDM’s official vehicle late Sunday night, said Balrampur District Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Banker. “When they reached near the village, they accused villagers of illegally mining and transporting bauxite and began beating them with sticks, leaving Ram alias Ramnaresh, Ajit Ram (60), and Akash Agariya (20) injured,” he said. While Ramnaresh was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Kusmi, the two others are undergoing treatment. The four accused were …