2 arrested for killing Palwal youth

Tribune News Service

Palwal, December 20

Police have arrested two men in connection with the death of a 22-year-old youth, who was reportedly beaten to death on December 14.

The incident, which was originally registered as a case of accidental death, turned out to be a case of murder after the video footage of the incident surfaced in which the victim was found assaulted by some youths armed with rods and sticks.

Revealing that the accused, Akash alias Diljale Vishal, and an unidentified man, residents of Rasoolpur village, had been arrested on the basis of the video footage, Ram Chander, SHO, Chandhut village police station, said the accused had admitted to assaulting the victim following a verbal duel after they had consumed liquor.

He said though the main cause of the murder is yet to be ascertained, the accused had been remanded to police custody as the weapon and the motorcycle used in the crime were yet to be recovered.

Ruling out the possibility of lynching based on communal hate, SP Rajesh Duggal said the incident took place among the youths and the victim was assaulted under the influence of liquor after a verbal duel. He said the accused took the victim to hospital after he was injured.

According to the police, in a complaint lodged earlier by Chhiddi, a resident of Sarai Khatela near Mundkati in Palwal, he had informed the police that his son Rahul, who had gone to Rasoolpur to attend a marriage, had been killed in an accident. However, the police were approached the next day by the complainant, in which the footage of the murder was produced, making the cops register a case of murder and arrest the culprits.

A probe had been started and the two accused found involved in the crime arrested, said the police official. A case under Section 302 of the IPC has been registered.