Kolkata:

A man was allegedly beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of theft, police said on Sunday. The victim, identified as Azgar Mollah, was a resident of Phulbari in Bhangar police station area in South 24 Parganas district, around 30km from here.

“Local residents found the accused unconscious and alerted police, who rushed him to a nearby hospital. Doctors declared him brought dead,” a police officer said.

The family of the deceased did not file a police complaint, declined to allow a post-mortem, and took the body away, the officer added.

“We have initiated a suo motu case and detained two persons after reviewing CCTV footage in the area. It showed that the deceased was badly beaten up by a mob,” the officer said.

This incident follows a series of similar incidents across the state over the past few days.

On June 28, a man was beaten to death at a state-run hostel for students in central Kolkata’s Bowbazar area over suspicion of mobile phone theft.

A day later, another person was thrashed to death by a group in the Salt Lake area on the same suspicion. Two others also died in other districts after being assaulted by mobs. 

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Gurugram:

A 28-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by his drug dealer and his sons over some issue here, police said on Saturday.

The deceased was identified as Raja Kumar, living in Bas Kushla village in the IMT Manesar area. He worked as a helper in a departmental store owned by Rahul Chauhan.

According to the complaint filed by Pintu Jha, the victim’s elder brother, Kumar was addicted to marijuana. On Friday morning, they both went to the accused Sanjay’s house in Kasan village to buy marijuana.

However, Sanjay and his two sons, Gaurav and Saurav, beat Kumar over some minor issue, Jha said.

Kumar then went to Chauhan and told him about the fight, Jha said.

On Friday evening, Chauhan took Raja to Sanjay’s residence again to talk about the fight and sort the issue, he said.

When Chauhan asked about the fight to Sanjay, he got angry. Sanjay and his sons dragged Raja into a room and beat him up, he added.

They then threw him out of the house in a critical condition, Jha said in his complaint.

Chauhan rushed Raja to a hospital, where the doctors declared him dead on arrival, Jha said.

Based on Jha’s complaint, an FIR was registered against Sanjay, Gaurav and Saurav under sections 302 (murder) 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code at the Bilaspur police station on Saturday, police said.

The accused are currently absconding but will be arrested soon, a senior police officer said.

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New Delhi:

 Two people were arrested while two other juveniles apprehended for allegedly beating up a man to death over a dispute involving Rs 2,300 in north Delhi’s Burari area, police said on Thursday.

Victim Priyanshu had received severe injuries after which he was admitted to LNJP Hospital. He died during the treatment on Thursday, police said.

A police official said a case of murder was registered on the statement of Priyanshu’s friend Jaikishan alias Chintu.

During investigations, it was found that Priyanshu was beaten up by five or six people who came on two motorcycles on February 11 about 11.30 am, the official said.

He also told police that among the attackers were Rohit Gaur, 22, and Ashish alias Anshu, with whom Priyanshu had a dispute over Rs 2,300.

Police said both accused were arrested and other two juveniles who were also among the attackers have also been apprehended.

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