MAN BEATEN UP FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING MINOR GIRL DIES

A day after a 25-yearold man was thrashed by locals in east Delhi’s Pandav Nagar for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl, the man succumbed to his injuries during treatment at on Saturday.

The man, identified as Sanjay Kumar Giri, died around 5 am, said police.

While a case of sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was filed against Giri, another case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was filed against unknown people.

Giri’s body was handed over to his family after the autopsy. His family alleged that he was killed by a group of people for resisting robbery. The police, however, have refuted the allegations.

A native of Basti in Uttar Pradesh, Giri lived with his family in Shashi Garden near Pandav Nagar. He worked as a carpenter.

The girl’s family lives in Pandav Nagar. Her mother is a vegetable vendor. On Thursday around 10.30 pm, the girl had gone to have snacks at a roadside eatery. She was returning to her mother when Giri allegedly lured her to an isolated place near Sanjay Lake on some pretext.

When the girl did not return, her mother started looking for her. A local told her he had seen a man taking her towards the lake. The woman went towards the lake with some locals and found Giri forcing himself on the girl.

“The mob attacked Giri with stones and batons. They kept attacking him till he fell unconscious,” said a police officer.

He was rushed to Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital in a police van. Doctors referred him to GTB hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Saturday morning.