MEERUT: A 20-year-old youth was arrested in Meerut on Wednesday for allegedly killing a sadhu by "repeatedly hitting his head with a brick".
After the arrest, the youth, identified as
Vikas Singh, confessed and said he was "left with no choice and had to neutralise the baba's sexual advances."
He, however, said that his intention was not to kill him and had even sought help from his friends in the village to take him to a doctor.
According to police sources, a few men along with the sadhu, Chandrapal, had consumed liquor on Monday and later took bath near a tubewell.
In the evening, they again started consuming liquor and were joined by Chandrapal too.
Later at night when everyone had left, Chandrapal allegedly made advances towards the youth after which he hit the ascetic repeatedly with bricks.
On Wednesday, SP (
Rural
)
Keshav Kumar said, "An
FIR
had been filed against the accused under
IPC
section 302 [murder] and later 202 [intentional omission of information regarding an offence committed] was added."
Sandeep Rai is a veteran journalist with two decades of experienc...
Read MoreSandeep Rai is a veteran journalist with two decades of experience in the reporting field. He heads the Western Uttar Pradesh bureau, managing Meerut, Bareilly & Agra circles. His areas of interest are wildlife, politics and special reportage.
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