4 juveniles among 9 held for beating man to death

New Delhi, May 7: The police have arrested five persons and apprehended four juveniles for allegedly thrashing a 20-year-old man to death over a dispute, officials said on Saturday.

The incident took place in southwest Delhi’s Dabri area on April 23 and the victim succumbed to his injuries on April 26, they said, adding that three more accused, including two minors, are yet to be nabbed.

The video of the incident is also circulating on social media where the victim, in red coloured Tshirt, is seen being brutally beaten up by the group with belt and sticks. The five accused men have been identified as Sameer, Pawan, Kasim Mulla, Abhishek and Amit alias Meet alias Kalu, police said. A caller informed the police that some people had come to Uttam Nagar and started beating her brother, identified as Krishna, a resident of Rajapuri in the same area, police said. It was later found that Krishna had some issue with another man named Suraj on Holi, a senior police officer said.

On April 23, Suraj along with his associates, approached the victim and started beating him and later took him to Bhagwati Vihar, the officer said.

The victim was admitted in the DDU Hospital. He was later referred to the Safdarjung hospital but succumbed to his injuries on April 26, the officer said.

A man succumbed to his injuries days after being brutally thrashed by four men in south Delhi's Madangir area, police said on Saturday. Four men were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the incident, they said. The accused have been identified as Shashank Barva (28), Rohit (20), Farman (26) and Rohit alias Deepak (20), all residents of Madangir, police said.