Ghaziabad:
A Dalit man was allegedly lynched by eight men in Ghaziabad, UP after they suspected he was taking an animal for slaughtering. Police said they were taking along a cow with them.
The incident took place on late Sunday night when Surender was returning home with his wife and daughter. The men surrounded him and first questioned him but not being satisfied with what he had to say, they beat him mercilessly.
"He was going to visit my aunt. Five people attacked him. They fired bullets at him. My father was crying for help," said Surender's daughter.
"The incident took place last evening. Villagers in Chitora suspected that he would slaughter the cow he was taking with him. He was lynched thereafter," said M M Beig, SP (Rural), Ghaziabad.
"By the time the Police reached the spot, the villagers had fled. Surender was taken immediately to the hospital, but he died. First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged against eight men under SC/ST Act and five people have also been arrested," he added.