Man beaten to death aboard train in UP’s Baghpat over seat dispute, 5 held

The victim, Deepak Yadav, was travelling on the Delhi-Saharanpur passenger train while going to his native Patti Ahiran village in Baghpat, Government Railway Police Superintendent of Police (Moradabad) Ashutosh Shukla told The Indian Express.

Yadav was a weekly commuter on the train, he added.

Shukla said Deepak, who was travelling along with his brother-in-law, was attacked near the Fakharpur railway station.

Those arrested have been identified as Sanjeev, Rahul, Vishal, Priyanshu and Siddharth, all residents of Khekra in Baghpat.

“The victim fainted in the train after being hit on the head. On receiving information, a police team rushed him to the Khekra community health centre where he was declared dead,” the SP said.

Following Yadav’s death, an FIR was registered under Sections 103 (murder) and 191(2) (rioting) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), officials said.

“An investigation is underway after arresting the five men,” said the SP.

According to Yadav’s family, he had been working at a chandelier showroom in New Delhi for the past 15 years and travelled to Khekra every weekend.

The family’s neighbour Rajveer Singh, 57, said a few months ago Yadav’s acquaintance had entered into an altercation with a group of men.

“Deepak was not present at the time of that incident. But on Friday, his friends got down at Badarpur, the accused started attacking him. By the time we reached, he was dead,” said Singh.

A video of the incident purportedly recorded by passengers surfaced on Saturday, where a group is seen attacking a man even as other passengers try to intervene.