A 16-year-old boy of the Tharu tribe who died, allegedly as a result of injuries sustained during police assault, in Kamalapuri village of Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh after having been accused of stealing the mobile phone of his uncle’s son.
Allegedly beaten brutally by police on January 19, the teenager succumbed to his injuries on January 23. Members of his family filed a complaint against the policeman but no FIR has been registered yet. One outpost in-charge and two constables have been suspended. The boy’s relatives have protested, demanding justice, by placing his dead body on the road.