Gurugram: 27-year-old man on way to buy medicines kidnapped, beaten to death

In an appalling incident reported from Gurugram, a 27-year-old man was allegedly kidnapped and beaten to death by a group of at least 15 people on Sunday. The victim has been identified as Asif Khan.

The incident happened when the victim and two his cousins had gone out in order to buy medicines from Haryana’s Nuh district. The victim used to own a gym in Sohna.

Police said six people have been taken into their custody in connection with the case. Eight other people have also been booked on murder charges, as per a report in Hindustan Times. Two cousins of the victim have also been hurt during the incident.

According to police, there is no certainty on the motive behind the attack. Asif's family alleged that the accused used to work out in his gym and they had some dispute with him and nursed a grudge.

However, police said the family didn’t specify what was the dispute about.

In the meanwhile, few local from the area have alleged that the victim Asif Khan was forced to chant 'religious slogans' before he was killed. But police have turned down such allegations and claimed the complaint by the victim's family did not talk about such angle.

Following these allegations, police have deployed additional forces around Kheda Khalilpur village in Nuh to fend off any untoward incident. Furtheremore, police stated that Asif along with his two cousins left Sohna for Nuh on Sunday.

"Around 15 men on motorbikes and cars started following the trio. They hit Khan’s car from the rear and forced him to stop, after which they assaulted Khan and his cousins with guns and sticks next to a plywood factory near Atta village in Nuh. Asif Khan’s cousins Rashid and Wasif, who sustained injuries in the attack, managed to escape but the suspects took Khan to the outskirts of Sohna. His body was found later that night in Nagli village. Both groups had fought in the past also and that issue was resolved. But on Sunday, the suspects were more in number and attacked the three cousins and killed one," the report quoted Narender Bijarnia, superintendent of police, as saying.

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