Youth beaten with sticks in Datia's Ikara village over refusal to pay for party; case against 8

A youth was surrounded and beaten with sticks in Ikara village under the Unao police station area of Datia district. The attack is alleged to have been carried out by six named and two unidentified people. The matter is said to be linked to an old enmity.

The youth suffered a head injury and was bleeding heavily. He is being treated at the district hospital. Police have registered a case against the eight accused and begun an investigation.

The injured man, Sanjay Tiwari, a resident of Janakpur, said at the district hospital at around 10 am on Friday that at around 7 pm on November 12 he was on his way to Datia to buy clothes. In Ikara village he met Raja, Raju, Punjab, Ravi, Himanshu, Deepesh and two unidentified men. According to Sanjay, the accused began abusing him and, when he objected, all of them attacked him with sticks.

Sanjay alleged that the accused had asked him for money for a party. When he refused to pay, he was beaten again. He fell to the ground and began bleeding from a head injury. Badam Singh and Ashok Tiwari intervened and saved him.

Sanjay said that after the incident the accused fled the spot in a Thar and a Scorpio. They also issued a threat as they left.

Unao police station in-charge Anshul Arora said a case has been registered on the complaint against six named and two unidentified accused. The named accused are Raja, Raju, Punjab, Ravi, Himanshu and Deepesh. Police are investigating the causes of the incident and the allegations made.