Two days after an e-rickshaw driver was beaten to death for stopping two youths from urinating in public in Northwest Delhi, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that he has called for strict against the culprits.

"Spoke to police commissioner and asked him to take strongest action possible against the culprits," Venkaiah Naidu said on Twitter.

The Union minister said, "Sad that an e-rickshaw driver was beaten to death for stopping two people from urinating in public in Delhi. He was promoting #SwachhBharat."

Sad that an e rickshaw driver was beaten to death for stopping 2 people from urinating in public in Delhi. He was promoting #SwachhBharat /1 - M Venkaiah Naidu (@MVenkaiahNaidu) May 29, 2017

In another development, two students of a prominent college in Delhi University's North Campus have been detained in connection with the murder of the e-rickshaw driver. After going through the CCTV footage of the area where the incident occurred, the two students were detained.

The duo, along with hostellers, allegedly attacked the e-rickshaw driver on Saturday evening.

Later in the day, Venkaiah Naidu met the family of the e-rickshaw driver and handed them a cheque of Rs 50,000.

Naidu was accompanied by Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari during the visit. The Union minister also offered to help the rickshaw driver's pregnant wife by giving her monthly stipends and temporary employment.

WHAT HAD HAPPENED?

E-rickshaw driver Ravindra Kumar was having lunch near the GTB Metro station on Saturday when he saw two men urinating in public. He raised objection and rebuked them for doing so. The duo was reportedly in an inebriated condition.

The two youths returned to the spot in the evening, bringing along with them 20 more people, and asked for Ravindra. On spotting him, the two men and their group started beating him up. Ravindra was repeatedly hit with stones and bricks.

By the time Ravindra was taken to the hospital, he had already died.

Police have registered a case of murder and are looking for the culprits who attacked Ravindra.

The e-rickshaw driver was beaten to death in Northwest Delhi. Photo: ANI The e-rickshaw driver was beaten to death in Northwest Delhi. Photo: ANI

(Inputs from Tanseem Haider and Ilma Hasan)

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