Mukesh Tandon
Tribune News Service
Sonepat, October 15
The semi-naked body of a man with his left wrist chopped was found hanging from a police barricade near the main stage of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) at Singhu border on Friday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Lakhbeer Singh, 35, of Cheema Khurd village, Tarn Taran, in Punjab.
Hours after the macabre crime, a man wearing the blue robes of the Sikhs’ Nihang order, appeared before the media, claiming that he had “punished” the victim for “desecrating” a holy book.
Other Nihangs claimed he had “surrendered” to police, who were yet to confirm this till late in the evening. They were, however, questioning some suspects.
Earlier, in a video clip that surfaced on social media, some Nihangs are seen standing around the injured man with his severed left hand close to his head. The group is heard accusing him of desecrating a Sikh holy book.
It was alleged that Nihang Sikhs beat up the man allegedly for desecrating a holy book. The assailants chopped off his left wrist.
Sources said the assailants dragged the man to the main stage and tied him with ropes and hanged him from the police barricade.
Videos of the incident went viral on social media.
In a video, some people were seen at the spot and the man was lying in a pool of blood on the ground and his eyes full of shock and pain. They were heard asking about his name and other details.
Hundreds of protesting farmers gathered at the spot. Inspector Ravi Kumar, SHO, Kundli, along with a team, reached the spot.
The body was lowered from the barricade after three hours and sent to the mortuary at the general hospital.
The Kundli police have registered a case against unidentified people and begun a probe.
Meanwhile, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha has condemned the killing saying both the Nihang group and the deceased man had nothing to do with the Morcha. With PTI
Semi-naked body of a man hanging with chopped hand found at Singhu border; suspect 'surrenders'
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