UP: Mob lynch 18-year-old youth in Kaushambi district

An 18-year-old youth was allegedly lynched by a Hindutva mob in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi district while his brother was admitted to hospital with serious injuries over a scuffle on Monday morning.

The deceased identified as Zafar Alam, who is a resident of Asrauli village and his elder brother Noor Alam were intercepted while making an abortive bid to escape after opening fire on a mob in Bhirpur village at around 10 am on Monday morning, Times of India reported. Meanwhile, Alam is battling for life at a hospital.

An FIR was lodged against an unidentified mob for murder and attempted murder in this regards at Pipri police station.

Locals intercepted Zafar who used to frequent the village to meet a girl from the Kori community. Earlier, the villagers had warned Zafar of meeting the girl, the police, quoted the girl’s parents as saying.

A scuffle broke out during which the 18-year-old youth somehow managed to contact his brother Noor who was near the village itself and rushed to rescue him. While the mob tried to attack Zafar, he opened fire from pistol, which added to the resentment in the village. As he ran out of bullets, the mob pounced on him and assaulted him. When his Alam reached the spot and tried to rescue his younger brother, he, too, was thrashed.

“When we got the information, we rushed to the spot and asked cops from three adjoining police stations to reach the site as back-up. We rushed the two to the hospital where Zafar (18) was declared dead and Noor (26) is undergoing treatment with severe injuries,” Aditya Vikram Singh, who is in charge of Pipri police station told TOI.

According to the daily, a detailed investigation was under way to establish the exact sequence of events that ended in Zafar’s death and left his elder brother critically wounded. Additional police pickets have been deployed to maintain law and order in the village.

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