In yet another incident of lynching, a teenager, who had entered a house to allegedly steal valuables, was lynched by locals in northwest Delhi’s Mukundpur in street no-7 in the early hours of Tuesday, following which two people have been arrested, police said.
PCR received a call about the incident about three hours after the ghastly act. By the time police reached the spot, the 16-year-old boy had succumbed to his injuries, said police, adding that four other accused are absconding.
“Around 6.30 am, a PCR call was received about an incident of theft. A team rushed to the spot and found the boy lying dead. The body was shifted to Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini for post mortem,” said Aslam Khan, Deputy Commissioner of Police, North-west district.
However, the boy’s family claimed that he was not a thief and there was some other reason behind his lynching. “He was missing since Monday night after he had gone for walk. We were informed in the morning around 6 am that my nephew is lying on road near street no-7. I rushed there. I saw him lying motionless on the road with his hands tied injuries all over his body. He had come to study here and had recently started electrician training,” said Ishtiyaq Ahmed, a relative of the deceased, a resident of Mukundpur.
“The deceased had allegedly sneaked into the house around 3.30 am and was caught by the house owner. About six men, including two brothers, beat him in mercilessly with sticks, eventually leading to his death on the spot. A FIR under Section 304 of the IPC has been registered at Bhalaswa Dairy police station and we are also probing why the PCR was informed three hours after the incident,” said the DCP.
“During investigation, six accused people involved in beating the minor boy to death were identified.
Two of them are brothers, remaining four are neighbours. We have arrested Nand Kishore and Raj Kishore (two brothers), whereas Triveni, Deshraj, Sant lal and Sohan lal are absconding. Teams have been sent to bring them to the justice,” the DCP said.
“The boy belonged to Khagaria district in Bihar and had come here around a fortnight ago. Mother of the deceased is a homemaker and stays in Bihar, while his father works as a labourer in Noida,” said the DCP.
Police said the identity of the deceased has been established and the body will be handed over to them after completing the due process of law.SR