Main accused in Dalit students lynching held

Four days after the brutal lynching of a Dalit law student by a group of people following an argument at a restaurant in Allahabad, police nabbed the main accused Vijay Shankar Singh, who was a Railway employee.

Singh, who had been absconding after the incident, was apprehended from Sultanpur town on Wednesday, the police said.

Singh, who worked as a train ticket examiner (TTE), has already been suspended by the Railways, sources said.

The police have already nabbed three other accused in the matter.

The victim Dileep Kumar Saroj, a student of law at Allahabad University, was hit repeatedly with belts, sticks and bricks by the assailants outside the restaurant on Saturday night.

Saroj, who was rushed to the hospital, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday.

A CCTV camera at the restaurant captured the entire incident. The footage showed some people repeatedly hitting Saroj with bricks and sticks.