Jhajjar villager burnt to death by 4 near Tikri border protest site
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Jhajjar villager burnt to death by 4 near Tikri border protest site
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ROHTAK: A 42-year-old man from Haryana’s Jhajjar was allegedly doused in oil and set on fire near the Tikri farm protest site on Wednesday following a quarrel with four suspects from Jind district, police said. The victim, Mukesh Kumar of Kasar village, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Bahadurgarh around 2.30am on Thursday. The police have registered a murder case against the four suspects for allegedly getting Mukesh drunk before the crime. One of the accused, Krishan Kumar, has been arrested. The victim’s brother, Madan Kumar, told reporters that his family received a call on Wednesday night about the attack on his sibling and rushed to the site to find him lying there with critical burn injuries. Madan said his brother had gone to the border protest site for an evening stroll. Tony, sarpanch of Kasar village, alleged that residents staying in the vicinity of the protest site were facing harassment due to the continuing farm protest. Rubbishing attempts to link the crime with the protest site, farm leader Satnam Singh Ajnala said the agitation against the farm laws had nothing to do with the murder.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-06-18
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Delhi