Sambhal, Aug. 20 -- A shocking incident unfolded in the Junawai police station area of Sambhal on Tuesday, where a 22-year-old man was brutally beaten to death by a mob. The victim, Durgesh alias Yogesh, was attacked by a group of 20-22 men who chased him for nearly 15 kilometers before killing him with an iron rod.
The assault took place just 400 meters from his village, after police allegedly abandoned the victim despite pleas for help.
Yogesh, a resident of Nagla Ajmeri village, had gone to Babrala town in Gunnaur tehsil along with his brother Bhuvnesh and 10-12 laborers to lay a lintel at a construction site. A dispute broke out with the shuttering workers over a financial transaction, during which the tractor keys were taken. Though...