Click to play videoNew Delhi: In yet another instance of mob fury, a Dalit boy was beaten up by a mob in UP’s Farrukhabad. This, after the victim, Rupendra, allegedly stole a cycle.
In a chilling reminder of the Bhagalpur mob justice case, this incident too took place right in front of the city police.
Eyewitnesses say the men in khaki did not even attempt to calm the mob or to rescue the victim who was beaten up with his hands tied.
Later, he confessed to stealing the cycle to buy medicines for his daughter who is hospitalised.
On March 3, an agitating mob beat Karmakar Das, arrested for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl.
He was arrested and taken to the Haldiapur station, but angry locals followed and attacked the police, accusing them of shielding Das.
On Feb 23, a man accused of murder was stoned and nearly beaten to death by a mob in Hajipur, in Vaishali district.
The victim, Ravi Kumar, was dragged away from police custody and brutally assaulted while policemen at the scene remained mute spectators.
Ravi had been arrested for allegedly stabbing one of his friends, Om Prakash.
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