Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man beaten to death for ‘stealing’ a guava

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 25-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district on suspicion of stealing one guava from an orchard in Manena village under the limits of Gangiri police station on Saturday.

Police have registered a case of murder and invoked relevant sections of the SC/ST Act against the two accused — owners of the orchard — named by the family of the victim. Both the accused have been arrested, said deputy superintendent of police Abhay Pandey.

Satyaprakash, brother of the victim Omprakash, said, “My brother had gone to relieve himself in the forest and while returning home picked up a guava from the ground at the orchard. Seeing the guava in his hand, some of the local men, including Bhimsen and Banwari, the orchard’s owners, thrashed him brutally with lathis and other heavy objects until he lost consciousness. There were innumerable marks on his body.” Police said Omprakash was found lying unconscious on the ground. They rushed him to the district hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. A senior police officer said, “The body has been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation is being conducted.”

Courtesy : TOI

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