A day after a man was lynched by a mob in north-east Delhi’s Khajoori Khas on Friday night, Delhi Police has arrested two persons in connection with the crime. Although police still claimed that they could not identify the victim yet.
According to a senior police official, the accused has been identified as Mohammed Salim(25) and Ishtiaq(27).
“We have till now arrested two persons in connection to the lynching of the 30-year-old man. We will soon identify the victim and there can be further arrests. Further investigation is on,” said the police official.
The man was lynched by a mob for allegedly trying to kidnap a five year-old-girl near her house while she was playing in the E-Block of the Khajoori Khas area on Friday afternoon.
The incident took place at around 1pm when the girl was playing with her friends near her house.
Sources said that two men walked up to the child and one of them tried to lift her and walk away. However, the girl somehow managed to free herself from him and ran inside her house.
locals standing nearby saw what was just transpired and caught hold of one of the two men. The mob allegedly thrashed him. In order to save himself, he ran inside a building.
Sources further said that Mini, who was living on the first floor, saw the man and asked him who he was. On being questioned, he ran upstairs. Simultaneously, the mob which had been trailing him caught and dragged from the first floor of the building and brought to the main street. Mini alleged that the man was half unconscious.
On the other hand, locals told police that they saw the two men in the E-Block in the morning as well. They also told cops that the man seemed to be already beaten up before he was thrashed to death by the mob.
According to sources, the first PCR call was made at around 2:20pm. However, in a CCTV footage, the man is seen being taken in a hand-rickshaw.
Sources said that Ruksana, mother of the five-year-old told police that her daughter came inside the house crying and narrated the incident.
Meanwhile, police rushed to the spot and took the unidentified man to GTB hospital where he was declared dead on admission.
Police have registered a case under relevant sections of IPC at the Khajoori Khas police station. Further investigation is on to establish the identity of the alleged kidnapper.