Auto driver bludgeons passenger over loud music, sets body ablaze

MEERUT: A 25-year-old wedding caterer was beaten to decease and his assemblage acceptable connected occurrence by a teenage car operator successful Meerut aft an statement implicit large music. The car operator allegedly assaulted Rohit Kumar with bricks and acceptable his assemblage connected occurrence utilizing motor lipid successful an effort to conceal his identity, constabulary said.

The assemblage was discovered successful Sardhana Tuesday by a guard. The accused was arrested Wednesday and sent to a juvenile correction facility. Rohit, a autochthonal of Muzaffarnagar who worked successful Mumbai arsenic a caterer, was successful Meerut to sojourn his maternal aunt erstwhile helium boarded the auto. Police said an statement broke retired betwixt the 2 aft Rohit objected to the large euphony being played wrong the vehicle. The speech took spot successful beforehand of different passengers and escalated quickly. Police said that the car operator picked up bricks from the roadside and struck Rohit connected the head, sidesplitting him. He past dragged the assemblage towards the bushes, poured motor lipid and acceptable it ablaze earlier fleeing.