Manipur musician killed in Delhi; eight held for mob lynching

A musician from Manipur, Chongtham Vikram Singh, living in Delhi’s Ashram area, died on Monday of injuries suffered in an alleged assault by a group on Sunday night.

The Delhi Police, which registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for mob lynching, arrested seven men and detained a 15-year-old boy in connection with the case. The accused packaged and delivered food from nearby dhabas and are aged between 15 and 36, police said.

In his complaint to the police, Yaiphaba, the victim’s son, said his father had told him on the way to the hospital that people from a nearby dhaba had attacked him. Some of them had previously threatened Singh after he complained of excessive noise, the complaint said.