An E-rickshaw driver was allegedly beaten to death on Saturday evening in GTB Nagar after he told two students not to urinate in public near the metro station. As the locals told, that the two guys were under the alcoholic influence and were drunk when the E-rickshaw driver stopped them from urinating. In order to take revenge, the boys later returned in the night to carry out the shocking act.
“14-15 men came together and started beating the man. Nobody came to help him. The man was beaten to death as the boys filled towels with stones and brutally thrashed him. They even started beating me. Somehow I was able to run away from here to ask for help,” said one of the E-rickshaw drivers, also an eyewitness.
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According to another witness, the boys were possibly from Delhi University’s Kirori Mal College, as one of the E-rickshaw drivers, Pramod dropped them in front of that college in the evening. “The boys who did this, later in the evening went to Kirori Mal College, we can identify them. We even asked the police to search the CCTV footage, but they are not even ready to do so,” said Pramod.
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Condemning the brutal murder of the e-rickshaw driver in the national capital, who was beaten to death for opposing public urination, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday assured that he was personally looking into the matter and the culprits will not be spared. Taking to Twitter, Naidu said it was sad indeed that the driver lost his life while he was promoting Swachh Bharat.
The Delhi government on Monday announced a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh to the kin of the murdered e-rickshaw driver
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
Spoke to police commissioner & asked him to take strongest action possible against the culprits. /2https://t.co/1OfW21hOT3
— M Venkaiah Naidu (@MVenkaiahNaidu) May 29, 2017