Mentally ill man suspected of being a thief beaten to death in Ghaziabad; 1 arrested
According to police, the accused had thrown the body outside Noida’s Post Graduate Institute of Child Health Hospital and had been absconding since April 27.
Station House Officer (SHO), Khoda, Naresh Kumar Sharma, told The Indian Express that the accused was arrested on Sunday and sent to judicial custody. A 31-year-old man has been arrested by Ghaziabad Police for allegedly assaulting and beating to death a man with a mental health condition, after the latter wandered into a residential area and was wrongly identified as a thief, police said on Monday.
According to police, the accused, Ankit Yadav, had thrown the body outside Noida’s Post Graduate Institute of Child Health Hospital and had been absconding since April 27.
Station House Officer (SHO), Khoda, Naresh Kumar Sharma, told The Indian Express that the accused was arrested on Sunday and sent to judicial custody.
“We began investigating after we were informed by the Noida Police that they had found an unidentified body near the PGI Child Health Hospital. We found that the deceased, Vinod, was mentally ill and had left his home around midnight without informing anyone and reached Saraswati Vihar. Later, he was mistaken as a thief and was beaten by the accused,” the SHO said.
Noida Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Maneesha Singh, said Noida Police had registered a Zero FIR after they found the body outside the hospital on April 27.
“When the accused realised that Vinod was severely injured, he planned to take him to the hospital but Vinod died on the way. Seeing this, the accused fled the spot,” the officer said.
Noida’s Sector 20, SHO, Aravind Kumar, said, “A review of surveillance camera footage from the area around the hospital pointed investigators back toward Ghaziabad, ultimately tracing the origin of the crime to the Khora locality.”
According to police, the post-mortem examination subsequently confirmed that the death was caused by physical assault. Police said locals and the victim’s parents said he had mental health issues and used to roam the neighbourhood.
“We have not ruled out the involvement of additional persons and the investigation remains active. For now, we have made one arrest in the case,” the Khoda SHO said.
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