Police arrested two men for allegedly killing an unidentified person by assaulting him and repeatedly running a scooter over him
The accused were identified as Ayush Sharma (20) and Ashutosh Kumar (19). Sub-inspector Sanket Taugad said police initially received a UP-112 call reporting that an unidentified man had died in a road accident. The duo admitted to striking the victim on the head with the butt of a pistol and assaulting him for nearly 15 minutes, according to police.
They were arrested near a water tanker behind the KDA office after police examined CCTV footage and tracked their location with the help of the cyber cell. When he reached the spot with constable Vineet Kumar, they found the circumstances surrounding the death suspicious and began examining CCTV footage from the area. They allegedly returned later, attacked him again and ran the scooter over him. Police also recovered a video of the incident from the accused’s mobile phones.
Kanpur: Police on Sunday arrested two youths for allegedly killing an unidentified man by assaulting him and repeatedly running a scooter over him in Swaroop Nagar a day earlier.
During questioning, the accused allegedly told investigators that they had an altercation with the victim after he called them “mad”. The footage allegedly showed two scooter-borne men kicking and punching the victim before repeatedly running the two-wheeler over him.
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