‘Surrounded, attacked with lathis’: UP man beaten to death in broad daylight

LUCKNOW: Four of the six people booked for allegedly beating a man to death with sticks near National Highway-30 in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district have been detained, police said.The incident took place in the Kamalapur police station area on Thursday evening, triggering tension in the locality.The deceased, identified as Manoj Gautam, was allegedly attacked around 6 pm near the Ludhaura gram panchayat area while returning from the local market.According to the available information, the attackers surrounded him and assaulted him with lathis and sticks, leaving him critically injured.His family members rushed him to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Kasmanda, where doctors declared him dead.Following a complaint by the victim’s family, police registered an FIR late Thursday night against six people in connection with the murder.The named accused include Shubham Singh, Dhirendra Singh and Narendra Singh, along with Kalpana, wife of Dhirendra Singh, and Sunita, wife of Dharmendra Singh.