Youth's body found hanging; 3 cops hurt in violent protest
LUCKNOW, July 1 -- Three policemen, including an inspector, suffered minor injuries on Tuesday in stone-pelting during a protest over the death of a 20-year-old youth whose body was found hanging under suspicious circumstances in Katyara village of Barabanki district's Ramnagar area on Monday.
Alleging that the youth was murdered over a suspected affair and demanding registration of a murder case, his kin and other villagers blocked the Bahraich highway by placing the deceased's body, police said.
The blockade, which lasted nearly two hours, brought highway traffic to a standstill before police restored normal movement. Police said the youth's body was found hanging inside his house on Monday afternoon.
After the post-mortem, the family and villagers staged a protest, demanding that police register a murder case and immediately arrest the accused.
When police attempted to clear the highway, some persons in the crowd allegedly resorted to stone-pelting....
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