One Sikh boy was killed and two others wounded after they were assaulted by a mob in Maharashtra’s Parbhani district, The Quint reported.
As per the report, Arun Singh (15) and Kirpal Singh (14) and their relative Gora Singh, were allegedly beaten up by a mob in Maharashtra’s Parbhani district on suspicion of being thieves.
One of the minors – Kirpal Singh – has succumbed to his injuries.
The incident took place near Ukhlad village in Parbhani district. The victims belong to the Sikligar Sikh community.
The Quint has accessed a copy of the FIR registered in the case.
Gora Singh, a relative of the two minors has said, “We make a living by doing daily wage labor….We went to Pimpri Deshmukh village to catch loose pigs but as we didn’t find any pigs, we began returning to Parbhani through Ukhlad village.”
“When we were approaching the Eidgah at the turning of Ukhlad village road, five unknown people came from the front and took our motorcycle…The five unknown people began beating us with rods,” he claims.
“Kirpal Singh was kicked on his stomach and then a person named Akram Patel said ‘hit him with an iron rod on his head’ and he fell unconscious,” he alleges, adding that the attackers then ran away.
Kirpal Singh died before reaching the hospital. Gora Singh and Arun Singh are injured and undergoing treatment.