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Uttar Pradesh: Dalit youth overwhelmed to demise on suspicion of stealing guava in Aligarh

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Express News Service

LUCKNOW: A Dalit youth was overwhelmed to demise for allegedly stealing guava from an orchard in Aligarh district in western UP on Saturday.

Two individuals have been arrested within the case thus far, the police mentioned on Sunday.

“While returning from the forest and passing through the orchard, Om Prakash, in his 20s,  picked up guava from the ground. The owners Bhim Sen and Banwari saw the fruit in the hands of Om Prakash. Assuming that Om Prakash had stolen the fruit from the orchard, both the orchard owners started thrashing him brutally with lathis and heavy objects until he fell unconscious,” mentioned the distraught brother of the sufferer including that the accidents sustained by Om Prakash have been conspicuous on his physique.

The police mentioned that the sufferer, who belonged to the ‘Scheduled Caste group’ was discovered mendacity unconscious and brought to the hospital the place he succumbed to his accidents.

“On receiving information that a youth was injured, police reached the spot and sent the victim to the hospital. He succumbed during treatment. Two persons have been arrested on the basis of the complaint filed by relatives of the victim. Further investigation into the case is on,” mentioned circle officer AK Pandey.

The Aligarh police have registered a case of homicide and invoked related sections of the SC/ST Act in opposition to two accused, together with the proprietor of the orchard, who have been named by the sufferer’s household within the criticism lodged with the police.

The police have additionally despatched the physique for autopsy and additional particulars shall be identified after a radical investigation.

LUCKNOW: A Dalit youth was overwhelmed to demise for allegedly stealing guava from an orchard in Aligarh district in western UP on Saturday.

Two individuals have been arrested within the case thus far, the police mentioned on Sunday.

“While returning from the forest and passing through the orchard, Om Prakash, in his 20s,  picked up guava from the ground. The owners Bhim Sen and Banwari saw the fruit in the hands of Om Prakash. Assuming that Om Prakash had stolen the fruit from the orchard, both the orchard owners started thrashing him brutally with lathis and heavy objects until he fell unconscious,” mentioned the distraught brother of the sufferer including that the accidents sustained by Om Prakash have been conspicuous on his physique.

The police mentioned that the sufferer, who belonged to the ‘Scheduled Caste group’ was discovered mendacity unconscious and brought to the hospital the place he succumbed to his accidents.

“On receiving information that a youth was injured, police reached the spot and sent the victim to the hospital. He succumbed during treatment. Two persons have been arrested on the basis of the complaint filed by relatives of the victim. Further investigation into the case is on,” mentioned circle officer AK Pandey.

The Aligarh police have registered a case of homicide and invoked related sections of the SC/ST Act in opposition to two accused, together with the proprietor of the orchard, who have been named by the sufferer’s household within the criticism lodged with the police.

The police have additionally despatched the physique for autopsy and additional particulars shall be identified after a radical investigation.