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Bareilly, Aug 24 (PTI) A 30-year-old man was allegedly “mercilessly” beaten up for theft, police said here on Tuesday.
The incident took place at a bus station in the city.
Police said on Monday, Devendra Kumar, a resident of Shahjahanpur, was going to Rudrapur in Uttarakhand when someone stole his mobile phone.
Sometime later, a purse of another person, Atishay, was stolen.
Both of them started looking for the thief and caught hold of the man, identified as Arbaj (30), who was going to Delhi.
The 30-year-old man claimed that his hands and legs were tied up and he was beaten up mercilessly.