A man was beaten to death by a group of locals after he allegedly intruded into a house with a firearm in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Friday.
The incident took place in Sonarpur, on the southern fringes of Kolkata, on Thursday. The deceased, identified as Gopal Halder, and two others entered a house in the Ambedkar Nagar area of Kamarabad Phuler Hat and attacked the occupants.
When the residents heard screams, locals rushed to the scene and seized Halder, while his aides managed to escape. The locals then assaulted him, inflicting severe injuries, a senior police officer said.
Halder was taken to Subhashgram Rural Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. The homeowner said his son had been shot dead several years earlier and that Halder had been an accused in that case. A large police contingent led by Additional Superintendent of Police Atish Biswas arrived at the spot, and police have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Halder’s death.
