Attack caught on CCTV camera, accused may be from DU

An e-rickshaw driver was beaten to death by a group of persons near the GTB Nagar metro station on Saturday for objecting to the accused urinating on the road.

Around 1:30 p.m., Ravindra Kumar alias Chindu (32) was ferrying passengers in the area when he saw two youth relieving themselves near the metro station. When he objected, the duo started abusing him.

Heated exchange

“He told them to not urinate there as many e-rickshaw drivers go there to eat. The two abused him and told him that they would teach him a lesson,” said Ravindra’s brother Vijendra Kumar.

Ravindra then went home in Outram Lines and went back near the metro station around 6:30 p.m.

Around 8:30 p.m., the duo, accompanied by 8-10 friends, reached the spot and allegedly beat him up. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera.

Friend also beaten up

“They also thrashed Ravindra’s friend, who managed to flee and informed us about the incident. We rushed to the spot, but the youth had fled,” said Mr. Vijendra Kumar, adding that the accused were inebriated at that time.

Ravindra was rushed to the Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, but he died of his injuries. “He had abrasions all over his body,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-West) Milind Mahadeo Dumbere.

A case under sections 302 (punishment for murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered.

Lookout in colleges

The police said they were looking for the accused, who are purportedly from a Delhi University college.

“Police teams are going to various colleges to identify the accused based on the information given by an eyewitness,” said a senior police officer.

A friend of Kumar, who is also an e-rickshaw driver, claimed that he had dropped the two accused at a Delhi University college on North Campus.

Ravindra, a native of Haryana’s Rewari, is survived by a pregnant wife, who he married a year ago.