Man lynched to death for protecting wife from eve-teasers

Update: 2018-10-21 18:22 GMT

Kolkata: A husband was lynched to death after he protested against some local youths who had allegedly assaulted his wife.

The incident took place at Arsa village in Purulia on Saturday evening. The victim, Dharani Singh Sardar went to a village fair with his wife and younger sister on Saturday afternoon. They were returning home on his motorcycle when some miscreants stopped their way. Some of the accused touched his wife inappropriately and abused her.

Sardar protested against the incident but the accused threatened him of dire consequences if he raised an alarm. The victim later tried to prevent them from assaulting his wife. A scuffle broke out between Sardar and the accused youths.

The victim's wife and sister told police that the miscreants beat up Sardar indiscriminately. He fell on the ground after receiving several punches on his chest. After hearing the screams of the two women, some of the locals reached there. The miscreants managed to flee the spot before locals arrived.

The locals rushed the victim to a nearby hospital where Sardar was declared brought dead by the doctors. The family members of the victim alleged that the local police station initially refused to lodge a complaint from them. They also alleged that the local police station also cooked up a story to establish that it was a road accident. The family members of the victim also alleged that there were several injury marks on the body of the victim. The motorcycle that the deceased was riding on had gone missing since the incident occurred.

It is yet to be confirmed if the victim had any past rivalry with the accused who are at large since the incident took place on Saturday evening.

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