New Delhi: A shocking incident has come to light from Uttar Pradeshs Etawah where a young mans attempt to secretly visit his girlfriend late at night turned into a terrifying ordeal. When a villager spotted him trying to sneak to his girlfriends house, the young man attempted to hide, but the situation quickly escalated as the villager raised an alarm, attracting a crowd of angry villagers who arrived with sticks and brutally beat the young man, tying him to a tree.Fortunately, a police patrol team happened to be in the area and arrived just in time to rescue the young man, taking him into custody and preventing further harm. Once the truth about the situation came to light, the villagers backed down, stating they would not press charges, thus sparing the young mans life.Villagers beat innocent young manAccording to Bechan Kumar Singh, the officer in charge of the Chaubia police station, a late-night encounter between a young man named Sudhir Yadav and villagers in Rampura village took a violent turn when Sudhir, attempting to secretly visit his girlfriend around 11 pm, was spotted by the villagers and mistakenly identified as a thief, prompting them to sound an alarm and gather in large numbers. The villagers, wielding sticks, initially assaulted Sudhir and then bound him to a tree, disregarding his desperate attempts to explain himself and clear up the misunderstanding. Police save young man from villagersUpon arriving at the scene, the police intervened by dispersing the crowd of villagers, taking the young man into protective custody, and transporting him to the police station for further inquiry. According to Bechan Singh, the officer in charge of the Chaubia police station, the young man was detained and questioned, while the villagers were also interviewed, initially claiming that the young man was a thief.However, during the investigation, the young man revealed that he was merely trying to visit his girlfriend, and the villagers had mistakenly identified him as a thief. Fortunately, both the villagers and the young man expressed a desire to drop the matter, opting not to pursue any further action.
