Boy, 11, beaten to death for plucking mangoes, tension in UP's Saharanpur

Gul Bahar, 11, was playing near his house in Khatakhedi area of Kotwali Mandi of Saharanpur when he picked up some mangoes from an orchard nearby.

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As soon as the news of the boy's death spread in the locality, dozens of people stormed Khandu's orchard and vandalised it.

In Short

  • Boy, 11, thrashed for plucking mangoes in Saharanpur.
  • The boy dies after a couple of days.
  • Mob thrash the accused. Set his orchard on fire.

An 11-year-old boy was battered to death in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district by some men. The kid's crime was that he had picked some mangoes from an orchard while playing there.

Infuriated over the incident, locals thrashed the accused and vandalised his orchard. The police had a tough time controlling the angry mob.

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THRASHED FOR PLUCKING MANGOES

Gul Bahar, 11, was playing near his house in Khatakhedi area of Kotwali Mandi of Saharanpur when he picked up some mangoes from an orchard nearby. The boy's act angered the owner of the orchard, named Furkan alias Khanduri, so much that he along with his aides thrashed him at the spot.

The boy somehow managed to reach his house but he didn't tell his parents about the incident. After a couple of days his condition deteriorated and he had to be admitted to the hospital where succumbed to his injuries. It was only after this that the incident came to light.

ANGRY MOB RANSACK ORCHARD OWNER'S PROPERTY

As soon as the news of the boy's death spread in the locality, dozens of people stormed Khandu's orchard and vandalised it. A tractor parked inside was also set on fire. The mob then attacked Khandu and his sons and beat them up. The police had a tough time controlling the angry crowd. Khandu and his sons have been taken into custody and probe has been ordered into the incident. The boy's body has been sent for postmortem.

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