ALWAR: Villagers in Alwar tied up an unidentified youth to a tree and thrashed him on suspicion of being a thief. Residents alleged that the youth was Rohingya but local police said that his identity could not be established. The incident took place sometime late on Thursday night when the villagers spotted four people moving suspiciously around farmlands in Dehra.
They presumed them to be thieves and caught one of them while the three others fled. The youth was soon tied to a tree as more villagers joined in to beat him up.
When Sadar police station learned of the commotion, they arrived at the spot and took him to the police station. Police said that the youth had first claimed himself to be one Rahul from Assam. Locals claimed that three cases of thefts had taken place in their village, following which they were on alert. Police said that they had received a mobile phone from the suspect but did not find any SIM in it, thereby raising suspicion that it could be a stolen mobile.
Officials said while the youth claimed himself to be Rahul, they have not recovered any document which could corroborate his identity. “We have conducted a medical examination of the suspect. He did not answer any questions related to his whereabouts. We are trying to examine if he is indeed from Assam,” an official said.
Locals told police that they had spotted four suspects moving quietly around a farm behind a house and quickly surrounded them. While three of them fled, villagers said they caught one person and tied him so that he could not flee.
