Five people, who are part of a cow vigilante group, have been arrested for allegedly beating a migrant worker frꦅom West Bengal to death in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri district over suspicion that he had eaten beef, police said on Saturday.
According to a senior police officer, Sabir Malik wa🔯s kill💮ed on August 27.
Suspecting that the victim had eaten beef, the accused -- Abhishek🅺, Mohit, Ravinder, Kamaljit and Sahil -- called Malik at a shop under the pretense 🐲of selling empty plastic bottles and then beat him, the officer said.
He added that after some people intervened, the accused took Malik to another location and beat🌄 him again, leading to his death.
Malik lived in a shanty near Bandhra village in Charkhi Dadri district and collected waste and rag for a living, the ꦆpolice said.
All the five༒ accused have been arrested, they said, adding that two juveniles have also been apprehended in the matter.
A case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sꦏanhita (BNS) has been registered against the accused, the police said.
