Noida: 27-year-old murdered after objecting to open drinking by neighbours

The men had a fight with Nitin several days ago when they were drinking near his house and he raised an objection.

Two men allegedly beat a 27-year-old man and run a car over him in Loni’s Chirodi on Saturday night, police said. The victim succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a city hospital.

They again had a fight on Saturday at around 8pm, during which the two men beat him up, and Pradeep tried to run him over and hit him with his Wagon-R car before fleeing. (Representational image)

According to police, the deceased has been identified as Nitin Kumar while the accused Anil Kumar and Pradeep Kumar -- both in their late 20s -- are on the run. The three of them are neighbours, residing in Chirodi area of Ghaziabad’s Loni. Police said that the two had a fight with Nitin about a week ago when he objected to drinking alcohol near his house.

Suryabali Maurya, ACP of Loni, said, “They again had a fight on Saturday at around 8pm, during which the two men beat him up, and Pradeep tried to run him over and hit him with his Wagon-R car before fleeing. Nitin later went home and slept. Sunday morning he did not wake up, and his family rushed him to a private hospital. Later, they took him to a higher centre in Timarpur, Delhi, where he was declared dead.”