A man died when the Nepali Congress (NC) cadres attacked him over the election row in Katahariya Municipality of Rautahat district on Wednesday night.

The deceased has been identified as Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N) cadre Ram Pukar Yadav, 50, according to Inspector Keshav Regmi of the Area Police Office, Garuda.

According to eye witnesses, the cadres of NC and RJP-N had a heated argument over voting dispute while they were returning home after casting votes yesterday.

Later, the cadres of NC went to Yadav’s house at around 9 pm yesterday and attacked him with batons, killing him on the spot, police said.

Yadav’s body has been kept at the District Hospital, Rautahat, for postmortem.

Meanwhile, police have arrested three persons Bhutta, son of NC candidate Gauri Shankar Yadav, Anutha Yadav and Baiju Sah from their houses for their alleged involvement in the attack.

Police said that they are searching for other persons involved in the attack and looking into the case.