NEW DELHI, Mar 13: A 25-year-old man, reportedly preparing for competitive examinations, was allegedly strangled to death in Dausa in Rajasthan for trying to stop three men from applying colour on him ahead of Holi, police said on Thursday.
The incident was reported from Ralwas village when Ashok, Bablu and Kaluram reached a local library to apply colour on Hansraj, who was studying there to prepare for competitive exams, officials said.
As Hansraj refused to be smeared with colours, the trio kicked him and thrashed him with belts, before one of them strangled him to death, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Dinesh Agarwal said.
The angry family members and villagers later staged a protest with Hansraj’s body, blocking a national highway in the area that continued till 1 am on Thursday. The protesters demanded a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to Hansraj’s family, a government job to one member of the family, and immediate arrest of the accused trio.
The body was later removed from the highway after police assurance.
(Manas Dasgupta)
