Two beaten to death in Rewar, F.I.R yet to be lodged

Two people were beaten to death while another critically injured by a mob in Rewari on Friday evening, police said, adding that efforts to arrest the accused are underway

Published on: Aug 22, 2026, 08:00:10 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Two people were beaten to death while another critically injured by a mob in Rewari on Friday evening, police said, adding that efforts to arrest the accused are underway.

According to police, the deceased are Jatin, 22, and Himesh, 20, while the injured has been identified as Yashpal, 21.

The incident took place between 10.30am and 1am on the main road connecting Gokalpur village. The fight started between two groups of students and their friends outside a university in Rewari, following which several men arrived on motorcycles with tape covering their registration plates.

Police said men from both sides were carrying sticks and sharp-edged weapons. After the clash, everyone fled from the university gate.

A senior police official said the three victims were on a motorcycle when the suspects followed and rammed them with their Brezza car on a road in Gokalpur.

“They lost balance and fell on the road after which the mob assaulted them with sticks, rods and sharp-edged weapons before fleeing the spot,” the officer said, adding that Jatin and Himesh died at the spot and Yashpal was taken to a hospital.

Vidhyanand (single name), DSP (Kosli), said there was a long-standing fight between the two groups, which resulted in a clash on Friday morning.

“Two rival groups had gathered at the gates that resulted in a clash after which they had dispersed. However, a group followed the trio assaulted them after intercepting them on the road,” he said.

Vidhyanand said that multiple teams are carrying out raids to arrest the suspects involved the double murder. “The injured person in undergoing treatment at a hospital. His condition was stable. Forces have been deployed around the university and Gokalpur village to maintain law and order,” he said.

At the time of filing the news, process was on to complete the postmortem of both the deceased. Police were yet to register an FIR in the case.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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