The victim was identified as Ghulam Mohammad, a resident of Sohi village under the Pahasu Police Station here.
Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Arvind Kumar Mishra said a 19-year-old man named Yusuf of Sohi had allegedly kidnapped an 18-year-old Hindu girl, a resident of village Fazalpur, also in the Pahasu area, on April 27.
He said the activists saw Ghulam, who was distantly related to Yusuf, in a mango orchard, dragged him to a secluded spot and beat him to death.
The ADM said the men wanted to know about the whereabouts of Yusuf.
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