Gulsher, 25, resident of village-Bharapur, Bahadrabad, Haridwar and a wage earner, was lynched after a mob beat him mercilessly with stones and sticks on the suspicion that he was escaping after an abortive theft attempt at a house in the village. However, police have arrested one of the accused Uday and sent him to jail after he was produced in the court on Saturday.
The situation there is said to be tense, though under control. Police have deployed PAC jawans in the area by way of precautionary measure.
Furkan, resident of Bharapur (Bahadrabad), has registered a complaint in the police station, stating that his nephew was murdered by Uday, resident of Bharapur and 10 other persons on late Thursday night or Friday morning. All the accused had beaten Gulsher with stones, sticks and other weapons and later he died while being treated. Taking cognisance of this, a case under section 302 of IPC was registered in Bahadrabad police station. Team has been formed to investigate the case, said Pradeep Bisht, in-charge, Police Station Bahadrabad.
Police officer said that in course of interrogation, the accused Uday said that on Thursday night, his neighbour cried for help, saying that someone had entered his home for robbery. He said on rushing out, he had found the thief escaping. Sources said that Gulsher was handed over to police by local residents after they had beaten him. The family members of the deceased protested and demanded action against persons involved in murdering Gulsher.