A 64-year-old retired Army captain was beaten to death by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, police said on Sunday, 28 July.
The incident occurred on Saturday night in Godiyan ka Purva village under Kamrauli Police Station limits.
On Monday, 29 July, Additional superintendent of police, Daya Ram told PTI, "It is not a case of mob lynching. Some people have been detained for questioning."
The retired Army personnel, Amanullah, and his wife were in their house when a group of people attacked them with sticks, his son told the police, ASP Dayaram said.
Amanuallah's wife, on her part, told the police that some people were trying to steal from a shop adjoining their house and when her husband objected and warned the perpetrators that he will inform police, they entered the house and beat him up.
The attackers thrashed Amanullah across the head due to which he died on the spot.
He said no family member other than his parents were in the house when the incident took place.
Smriti Irani Promises All Possible Help to Kin of Slain Armyman
Union minister and local MP Smriti Irani on Monday, 29 July, spoke over phone to the kin of slain Army captain and assured all possible help to the bereaved family.
BJP's Amethi district chief Durgesh Tripathi visited retired Captain Amanullah's home on the directions of Irani, and facilitated the conversation between the bereaved family members and the union minister.
“The MP assured every possible help to the members of the family. The police have also been instructed nab the culprits at the earliest,” he said.Durgesh Tripathi, BJP’s Amethi district chief
‘Law & Order Situation in UP Not in Control of State Govt’
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday night hit out at the BJP government in the state alleging that it was not able to curb rising crimes.
"The law-and-order situation in Uttar Pradesh is not in the control of the state government. While crimes are on the rise, the state government is busy covering them up," she tweeted in Hindi.
"This is an incident in my home Amethi. Will the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh find a solution to this problem or will it continue to sleep and cover up," the Congress leader said.
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