Delhi mason, 39, beaten to death by mob in train

MEERUT: A 39-year-old man, working as a mason in Delhi and going home to Baghpat to to visit his wife and children during the weekend, was beaten to death by a group of about 20 men. His ordeal lasted for almost 10km on a crowded general compartment of the Delhi-Saharanpur passenger train on Friday night, reports Krishna Chaudhary.

SP (Govt Railway Police) Ashutosh Shukla said Deepak Yadav, of Khekra in Baghpat district, got embroiled in a verbal spat with some commuters over a seat. "Some of them started beating him, due to which he sustained severe head injuries." Yadav was rushed to a community health centre once the train reached Khekra, but was declared dead.

SHO (GRP) Udham Singh Talan said, "This is a serious incident as the fight took place on a moving train from Delhi. An FIR has been registered under BNS Section 103 (murder) against five people so far and the rest are being identified. All five were arrested on Saturday. The body was sent for postmortem. Further investigation is on."

A video of the incident surfaced online on Saturday. In the clip, a man could be purportedly seen being kicked and punched in a crowded train compartment by some men, with a few other passengers trying to stop them.

And then, in the video, the suspects could be seen jumping out one by one from the train as it approaches the Khekra station.

A police officer investigating the case said the accused belong to places in and around Baghpat district

Yadav is survived by his wife Savitri and two children.