‘SAVE ME’: DELHI AUTO DRIVER’S LAST WORDS

A 26-year-old auto driver died while two others hospitalised after a mob allegedly tied them to an electric pole and thrashed them (HT) NEW DELHI, HINDUSTAN TIMES,26 NOV 2018 - A 26-year-old auto driver died while two other men were hospitalised after a mob allegedly tied them to an electric pole, thrashed and later paraded them for allegedly stealing car batteries in West Delhi’s Mohan Garden on Saturday. Someone in the mob of 200-300 people allegedly used the mobile phone of the driver, Avinash Saxena, to call his parents in the middle of the assault. The parents rushed to the scene and begged the mob to spare their son’s life but to no avail.

“My son kept pleading with us to save him, but the mob left us helpless. Each time my son fainted, they would sprinkle water on his face and then thrash him again. They snatched our mobile phone when we tried calling the police,” said Saxena’s mother, Kusum Lata.

Some of the residents even recorded the assault. Senior police officers refused to comment over the lynching, but an investigator said one local resident has been arrested.