Summary:
Amethi: A Dalit man was abducted and set on fire allegedly by upper caste men in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi after he refused to give them money from the village development fund, the police said on Friday.
The victim, identified as Arjun Kumar Kori, suffered severe burn injuries and died while being shifted from the Sultanpur district hospital to a Lucknow hospital on Friday, Amethi superintendent of police Dinesh Singh said.
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Amethi: A Dalit man was abducted and set on fire allegedly by upper caste men in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi after he refused to give them money from the village development fund, the police said on Friday.
The victim, identified as Arjun Kumar Kori, suffered severe burn injuries and died while being shifted from the Sultanpur district hospital to a Lucknow hospital on Friday, Amethi superintendent of police Dinesh Singh said.
The victim’s family lodged a complaint against five people, of which three have been arrested.
Kori (45) was married to Bhadoiya village head Chhotka Devi.
His son Surendra Kumar told reporters that Kori had gone to a market to purchase vegetables on Thursday evening but did not return home.
Later, he was found with serious burns at a property belonging to one Krishna Kumar Tiwari.
Surendra said his father had a strong base in the area, which had perturbed his opponents.