29-year-old Dalit man killed in UP village, protesters set main accused’s house on fire | Lucknow News
3 min readLucknowJun 20, 2026 05:27 AM IST Tension gripped the Bakhira area of Uttar Pradesh’s Sant Kabir Nagar district on Friday after a 29-year-old Dalit man was allegedly killed by a man from another community a day before by slitting his throat with a sharp-edged weapon. The incident sparked anger among local residents, who staged a protest on a road with the victim’s body and later set fire to the house of the main accused. Preliminary investigation suggested that the murder occurred following a dispute during a function around 10 days back, police said, adding the victim’s niece had complained to him that the prime accused, Nasir Ali, harassed her during the event. Following the complaint, the victim, Anand Kumar, a resident of Kolki village, is believed to have confronted Nasir and assaulted him. The altercation is likely to have fuelled the animosity that culminated in the fatal attack, police said. An FIR was registered at the Bakhira police station against three persons, including Nasir Ali, in connection with Anand’s murder. One of the …









