Gurugram: Man beaten to death for resisting phone snatching; 3 arrested

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Three suspects have been arrested from Nathupur in DLF Part-III on Monday for beating a person to dying after he resisted a cell phone snatching try by chasing them, police stated.

Police stated the assault occurred late night time close to a liquor store. The suspects allegedly fled, leaving the sufferer critically injured. (PR)

The accused have been recognized as Naresh Kumar, 24, a resident of Madhubani; Raju Kumar Jha, 28, from Saharsa; and Vipin Kumar, 23, from Darbhanga in Bihar, police stated. All three have been residing in Nathupur, officers stated, including {that a} fourth suspect concerned within the crime is but to be arrested.

In keeping with police, the sufferer, Birbal Oraon, 28, a local of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, additionally lived in Nathupur and labored as a housekeeping workers member in a personal agency in DLF Part II. Police stated the incident occurred close to Nathupur mandi on the intervening night time of January 13 and 14, when Oraon was returning to his lodging whereas talking to his household on his cell phone.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, stated the 4 suspects have been standing close to a liquor store after they snatched Oraon’s cellphone. “Oraon entered into an argument and requested them to return it. The suspects tried to flee, however Oraon chased them when he was assaulted,” he stated.

Turan stated the attackers picked up bricks and huge stone blocks mendacity by the roadside and struck Oraon a number of instances on the top. “They’d additionally punched him a number of instances in each the eyes, leaving them swollen,” he added.

Investigators stated the suspects fled the spot, leaving Oraon in a pool of blood. Locals observed him practically an hour later and rushed him to the Sector 10A civil hospital. He was later referred to PGIMS Rohtak, the place medical doctors carried out mind surgical procedure in an try to stabilise him. Oraon, nonetheless, succumbed to his accidents on Friday.

Police stated they obtained details about the assault from the civil hospital on January 15 and despatched a crew to Rohtak to file Oraon’s assertion, however he was on ventilator assist.

After his dying, police traced Oraon’s identification and contacted his household in West Bengal, who arrived within the metropolis on Saturday and registered a homicide case towards unidentified suspects on the DLF Part-III police station. “On the premise of technical investigation and CCTV footage, police lastly arrested the trio and recovered Oraon’s cellphone from them,” Turan stated.

Police stated the accused might be produced earlier than a court docket on Tuesday and brought on police remand for interrogation.