The slain victim of lynching in Kapurthala, Punjab, was innocent as he
had no plans to commit sacrilege. According to Inspector-General,
Jalandhar Range, GS Dhillon said as per investigations there was no
visible sign of sacrilege and the police is investigating the
allegations. On December 19, an unidentified man was allegedly beaten
to death by locals at Nizampur in Kapurthala district for allegedly
disrespecting the ‘Nishan Sahib’ at the village Gurudwara.
Meanwhile, the postmortem of the unidentified man killed over alleged
sacrilege at the village Gurudwara in Punjab’s Kapurthala has revealed
an attack with a sharp weapon, the executive Senior Medical Officer
(SMO) Dr Narinder Singh informed on Thursday.
“It has been revealed in the postmortem that he was attacked over with
a sharp weapon leading to multiple injuries. There are over 30 sharp
cut marks on the body including neck, head and hip,” the SMO informed.
“There is also a mark of inserting a sharp object into the chest,” he
added while also saying that the cut mark on the left side of his
throat reveals that his breathing tube was cut.
“We have taken DNA samples for identification of the body,” he added.
The last rites of the man were performed by the Municipal Corporation
after the postmortem.
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