A 26-year-old man was beaten to death with stone in south-east Delhi’s Govind Puri area after he objected a man for urinating near his house. The incident occurred on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday.
The deceased has been identified as Lilu, a resident of Jhuggi, Nehru Camp. Police said that Lilu was a bad character of Govind Puri police station and had 17 cases, including snatching and robbery, against him.
According to Chinmoy Biswal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South-East district, police received two information from AIIMS Trauma Centre at 12.49 am on Monday regarding the admission of a person.
“A police team was dispatched and after reaching AIIMS Trauma Centre, Sanjay, the brother of Lilu, stated that at around 12:15 am on Monday, he was coming after taking bath near Public toilet Nehru camp. He saw that his brother Lilu was being beaten by Ravi, Neel Kamal, their father Man Singh and mother Meera,” said the DCP. “During investigation, it was revealed that that Man Singh (65) was urinating near Lilu’s shanty. After seeing the elderly man peeing outside his shanty, Lilu objected his act and slapped him following which, a scuffle erupted between them,” said the DCP.
“In the meantime, Singh’s sons Ravi and Neel Kamal came there in the defence of their father. Ravi assaulted Lilu with a cement slab which hit him on his chest and he got injured,” the DCP said.
“Thereafter, he was rushed to AIIMS Trauma Centre where he was declared brought dead. A case under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at Govindpuri police station and police is trying to nab the accused persons,” the DCP added.
“Lilu was previously involved in 17 which registered at Govind Puri and Okhla police stations. The first case of Arms Act was registered in 2009 and the last case of theft and snatching was registered in 2017 against him,” said a police official.