Zafar Khan intervened and attempted to stop Pratapgarh town municipality employees when they tried taking photographs of women defecating in the open. However, Khan was allegedly kicked, punched and beaten with a stick. "Municipality employees kicked, punched and beat Khan with a stick, which led to his death," according to the FIR lodged by Khan's elder brother Noor Mohammed. Noor has lodged a complaint against Kamal Harijan, Ritesh Harijan, Manish Harijan, Nagar Parishad commissioner Ashok Jain and others following police have registered a case of murder, Pratapgarh Kotwali police said. This man, Zafar Khan, arrived there and started abusing us and later also assaulted one of our sanitation staff.

Source: dna June 17, 2017 03:56 UTC