In yet another incident people taking law into their hands, a man was beaten to death by mob that allegedly caught him stealing from a residence in Outer district’s Laxmi Nagar Prem Nagar area on Friday, police said. Three persons including the house owner and two neighbours have been arrested.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Seju P Kuruvilla said, “A police control room (PCR) call was received at 7:30 am on Friday at Aman Vihar Police Station regarding a thief being caught by public and beaten to death.”
On reaching the spot, police revealed that the man was taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial (SGM) Hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.
“Upon enquiry the deceased was identified as one Rajesh resident of Laxmi Vihar, Prem nagar 3rd. He had trespassed into the house of one Mahender also residing in the same locality.
Rajesh was caught at the spot and beaten up by public,” said the DCP.
A case under sections 304 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has also been registered regarding death of Rajesh and a case under sections 451, 380 and 511 of the IPC has been registered on the statement of Mahender against the deceased thief Rajesh.
It may be noted that earlier on November 24 last, an auto-driver was lynched to death by a mob in Dwarka’s Uttam Nagar area on the suspicion that he was a battery thief.