by TNN
AHMEDABAD: Three men beat a 40-year-old Dalit man from Ghuma to death over suspicion of theft in Ghuma during the early hours of Friday, said police.
According to Bopal police, the deceased, Indravadan Parmar of Vankarvaas in Ghuma village, was severely injured when he was taken to the Bopal police station around 6am on Friday.
Indravadan was rushed to a community health centre (CHC) in Sanand, where he was declared brought dead.
According to a complaint filed by the victim’s elder brother, Bipin Parmar, Indravadan was passing by Vibhusha Bungalows when locals suspected him of theft and assaulted him.
Bipin, who was at a private hospital with his ailing father at the time, was informed about the incident by a friend. He rushed to CHC Sanand, only to find his brother’s body in the postmortem room.
Upon further inquiry, he discovered that three men — Ketan Patel of Neelkanth Housing Society in Ghuma, Kandarp Patel of Ganeshkunj Bungalows in Bopal and Subhash Patel of Turquoise Blue in Shela — had filed a complaint against Indravadan for theft.
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