Kanpur, March 10 -- A mob beat a man black and blue in Kanpur on March 7, nearly killing him, after he won a gambling game. Unwilling to accept his win, the crowd allegedly attacked him and falsely accused him of cow slaughter to justify their actions, the FIR lodged by the police read.

Sub-inspector Manoj Kumar, currently posted at Cantonment police station, filed the FIR on Monday against 30 individuals, including five named suspects and 25 unidentified persons.

In the FIR, Kumar stated that along with three other sub-inspectors - Kuldeep Singh, Kamlesh Kumar Sharma, and Shubham Tiwari - he was patrolling the area when they received information about alleged cow slaughter near a country liquor shop in Chhabile Purwa village. The team ...