Mentally disabled man allegedly beaten to death for theft of wheat

AGRA: A 40-year-old mentally disabled Dalit, Chandrapal Jatav, was allegedly beaten to death by his neighbours over allegations of theft of “wheat” at Rajawal village in UP's Aligarh district on Tuesday early morning.
Police said the incident occurred on Tuesday morning around 4am when he made an attempt to take away some wheat from Gajendra’s house.He has allegedly come to the house a day earlier also, but had left after Gajendra scolded him.
Tuesday early morning, Jatav came again and was caught and beaten up badly. The suspects also locked him inside a room.
After a few hours, when the family members came and opened the door, he was found dead. The body has been sent for post mortem.
Aligarh SSP Rajesh Pandey said, a case has been registered under sections 302 (murder), 147 (riot) of the IPC and SC/ST Act against five people including Gajendra and others including Mukesh, Netpal, Ajay and Suresh. They all belong to Jat community. All are absconding and investigations are on.
Talking to media, Chandrapal’s brother Vishambhar said that he had never stolen anything from anyone’s house. He said the allegations of theft against the deceased are wrong.
According to villagers, since Jatav was mentally challenged, they usually used to ignore his acts.