MEERUT, Aug. 19 -- A 25-year-old man was allegedly dragged off a tractor and beaten to death with iron rods on Tuesday morning after being chased for nearly 15 km by a group of assailants in the Junawai area of Sambhal district. The victim's family alleged that Dial-112 policemen, who were called for protection during the chase, took Rs.1,000 as a bribe for escorting them but abandoned them near their village minutes before the attack.

The victim, Yogesh, a resident of Nagla Ajmeri village, worked as a construction labourer along with his brother Bhuvnesh. On Tuesday, the two, along with 10 companions, were engaged in laying a concrete roof at Babrala when an argument broke out with the shuttering workers over faulty installation. The bu...