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| A video grab of eight youths beating an old man to death |
Staff correspondent, September 10, 2015, NewsCrunch
A group of eight anti-social elements beat up an elderly man to death in Ahmedabad.
The incident, which has been caught on a CCTV camera, occurred on the night of September 1.
IBN Live reports that the youths got angry after the old man, Abdul, asked them to pay up for the paans they had eaten at his shop.
Enraged, they dragged him to the street and beat him to pulp. The video footage below shows them surrounding Abdul, who has collapsed and beating him with sticks.
The beating continued for more than 10 minutes, but no on dared to intervene. A police station was reportedly just 500 meters away, but still no help arrived to rescue Abdul, who succumbed to his injuries later.
Police have arrested three suspects and are on the lookout for others. The main suspect is said to be a local criminal called Imran.
A group of eight anti-social elements beat up an elderly man to death in Ahmedabad.
The incident, which has been caught on a CCTV camera, occurred on the night of September 1.
IBN Live reports that the youths got angry after the old man, Abdul, asked them to pay up for the paans they had eaten at his shop.
Enraged, they dragged him to the street and beat him to pulp. The video footage below shows them surrounding Abdul, who has collapsed and beating him with sticks.
The beating continued for more than 10 minutes, but no on dared to intervene. A police station was reportedly just 500 meters away, but still no help arrived to rescue Abdul, who succumbed to his injuries later.
Police have arrested three suspects and are on the lookout for others. The main suspect is said to be a local criminal called Imran.