Teen beaten to death over suspicion of theft, all accused arrested

A 17 year old boy was beaten to death at a farmhouse in broad daylight on a fateful Wednesday in West Delhi's Kapashera. He was killed under the suspicion of being a thief.

The victim Sandeep entered the farmhouse registered under the name of Gill Sandhu in the morning at around 11am. As the guard saw him, he mistook him to be a thief and raised alarm.

While his friends escaped, Sandeep was caught and assaulted heavily with sticks. The owner Sandhu was also present at the site. When he tried to flee, dogs were let loose behind him. As a result, he fell to the ground around 60 metres away from the farmhouse and succumbed to his injuries.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-west Delhi) Ingit Pratap Singh, investigations began when Nawab Ansari, an e-rickshaw driver spotted a teenager’s body on a debris heap near the farmhouse and informed the police. When the police team examined the body, laceration wounds were found on the teenager’s back, a cut mark on the lateral side of the hand and injuries on the head as well. They were also dog bite marks on his body, said DCP Singh.

A case of murder was registered at the Kapashera police station. Local inquiry revealed that the boy was in fact, a resident of a farmhouse in the same area. The attackers tried to flee the scene but were promptly arrested by the police. Among those arrested are 35 year old Prakrit Sandhu, a Binod Thakur,62, and his son Rohit Thakur,20.