A 56-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death following a dispute over the tearing of a banner of a Mahayajna here, police said on Wednesday.
According to PTI, the incident occurred in Bihar Buzurg village under the Tamkuhiraj Police Station area on Tuesday night.
Police officials, while briefing about the incident, said that a loudspeaker for the Mahayajna had been installed atop Ram Bhajan Giri`s grocery shop, and the banner had been put on a nearby electricity pole.
The dispute broke out when some youths allegedly began tearing the banner late Tuesday night, and Giri objected to it. The dispute escalated, and Giri was allegedly assaulted by the youths, leaving him injured, police said.
Body sent for post-mortem examination
Locals rushed him to a private hospital in Samour, where doctors declared him dead. The body was sent for post-mortem examination, they said.
The incident triggered outrage among villagers. Personnel from Tamkuhiraj and Pathherwa police stations were rushed to the spot. Senior officials, including Superintendent of Police Keshav Kumar and Additional Superintendent of Police Siddharth Verma, also visited the village and took stock of the situation.
Following the incident, police personnel have been deployed in the area, and necessary legal action is being taken. The exact cause of death will be ascertained after the post-mortem report comes, said Station House Officer, Tamkuhiraj, Girijesh Upadhyay.
Political leaders rush to nab driver, `teach him lesson` before handing over to police
In a separate incident, a basic civic sense lesson to a cab driver by an elderly man in Maharashtra`s Thane left him with bruises, with a video of the brutal physical assault going viral on social media, leading to public and political outrage.
An elderly man was allegedly assaulted after he tried to stop a person, reportedly an app-cab driver, from spitting from his car.
A video of the incident shows the man allegedly pushing and attacking the elderly man, who was walking on the street with his wife.
The video of the attack soon went viral after it was posted online, leading to a police probe into the matter.
Primary investigations revealed that the incident took place on Tuesday near Viviana Mall in Thane at around 6 pm.
According to the local leaders, the elderly man reportedly noticed the driver spitting from his vehicle and objected to it.
(With inputs from PTI)
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