UP: Man beaten to death for protesting sexual harassment of his daughter in Deoria

LUCKNOW: A 50-year-old man was beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria for protesting sexual harassment of his daughter by his next-door neighbour. The incident was reported at Ikauna police station area of the district.
Deoria SP Shripati Mishra told TOI that on Thursday evening the victim's daughter came home complaining that a neighbour whose house was barely twenty-feet from the victim's residence had sexually harassed her.
"The victim reached the house and slapped the youth, however, the youth called his supporters and thrashed the victim with sticks before escaping," said Mishra while explaining the sequence of events.
Later, victim was taken to Gorakhpur medical College from where he was referred to Lucknow SGPGI but died on the way to Lucknow late on Friday.
Eight people have been booked under the charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Two accused have also been arrested while teams are trying to nab six others, said police.