New Delhi: The body of a young man was found hanging at a farmer's protest site in Kundli, Sonipat. Video and image of the body, which was left hanging to a barricade with severed limbs, is going viral on social media.
According to Haryana Police, the body is of a man named Lakhbir Singh who was about a 35-36-year-old labourer from Cheema Khurd village from Tarn Taran district. He belonged to Scheduled Caste.
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No information on who's responsible for the violent crime has been found so far as per the police officials. An FIR has been lodged against an unknown person in this regard.
"At about 5 am today, a body was found hanging with hands, legs chopped (off) at the spot where farmers' protest is underway (in Kundli, Sonipat). No info on who is responsible (and) FIR lodged against an unknown person. Viral video is a matter of probe... rumours will linger," Deputy Superintendent of Police Hansraj was quoted by ANI.
"A police inspector reached the site with a team and found that the man's body only had his undergarment on and his hands and legs were chopped off. He was hanged to a police barricade. People present there were questioned but nothing was revealed about who is responsible for this. The probe is on," he added. An FIR has been registered in the case, said the DSP.
According to an NDTV report, Nihangs the 'warrior' Sikh group are being blamed for the brutal and sickening murder, which took place in Kundli in Haryana's Sonipat district. There are reports that the man was about 35 years old.
Reports say the Nihangs beat the young man to death for allegedly desecrating the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikhs' holy book. They reportedly beat him to death, hung the body on the police barricade, and then cut off the wrist. There are allegations that the man had connections with some political party.
However, the police say that it is too early to say anything for sure.
A video has surfaced in which many Nihangs along with other protestors standing surrounding the mutilated body which is still hanging by a police barricade.