Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three people for throwing a man from the roof of a single-storey house in the Madeyganj area of Lucknow after he allegedly refused to consume alcohol with them. The police action came after an undated video of the incident went viral on social media which showed that after being hurled from the roof by several individuals, the man was brutally assaulted on the ground by other accomplices.
According to police, the victim has been identified as Ranjit Yadav, who operates a grocery shop in Lucknow’s Ruppur Khadra area.
The video, which seems to be recorded on a mobile phone from the roof of a neighbourhood house, shows a man pushing Ranjit off the terrace with the help of another man standing on the boundary of his home. After Ranjit fell on the road, two other men standing there started assaulting him by throwing punches and kicks at him.
In Lucknow, a group of 6-7 men threw a shopkeeper off the roof. Even when the shopkeeper was in critical condition, they didn’t stop their brutality. His only fault was asking them not to consume alcohol on the roof. pic.twitter.com/eUQyZI8QcW— Haidar Naqvi (@haidarpur) May 26, 2024
Ranjit is injured in the incident and is recuperating in a hospital.
As per media reports, the assailants were habitual drinkers who frequented Ranjit’s shop.
In his complaint, Ranjit told police that his assailants forcibly entered his house on Friday night and demanded he join them in consuming alcohol. When he refused and asked them to leave, they returned the next day, assaulted him on the roof, and threw him off, according to a report by Times of India.
Responding to the viral video of the assault on X, Lucknow police said that a case had been registered at Madeyganj police station and three of the four suspects have been arrested.
In a video message, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mahanagar, Neha Tripathi, said that three arrested suspects have been identified as Surendra Kumar (32), Hemant Kumar (39), and Amir Gautam (32), all residents of Madyeganj.
सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल वीडियो जिसमें थाना मदेयगंज क्षेत्रांतर्गत युवक को जान से मारने की नीयत से छत से नीचे फेंक देने के आरोपी/अभियुक्तों को 24 घंटे मे किया गया गिरफ्तार।उक्त के संबंध मे @dcpcentrallko द्वारा दी गयी बाईट।@Uppolice #Lkopolice_On_Duty pic.twitter.com/pplHJ6iFzq
— LUCKNOW POLICE (@lkopolice) May 26, 2024
“They were booked under the charges of under IPC sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 504 (insult), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), and 452 (house trespass). Subsequently, during the investigation, additional charges under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 34 (common intention) were added to the FIR,” she said.
Search is on for the fourth suspect involved in the case.
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