A youth who was home from Dubai where he worked as a tailor was lynched in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district on suspicion that he had stolen a buffalo, police said today.
Shahrukh, 20, was beaten to death last night in Bholapur Hadoliya village under the Cantt police station area here.
Four people have been arrested, said Superintendent of Police (City) Abhinandan Singh.
Shahrukh and three others had gone out last night when a group of locals caught hold of them, suspecting that they had stolen a buffalo. He was thrashed by the group while his associates managed to escape, police said.
He was admitted to hospital in a serious condition and later succumbed to injuries,
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