Junaid lynching: Delhi govt employee, 3 others held

Chandigarh/Faridabad, June 28 

A 50-year-old Delhi government employee was among four persons arrested today in connection with the killing of a Muslim youth, Junaid, onboard a Mathura-bound train, the police said. With this, the number of those held in the lynching case, which triggered nationwide outrage, has reached five but the “prime accused” is still at large.

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The accused belong to areas close to Hodal near Palwal in Faridabad and are believed to be regular commuters. Junaid (17) was stabbed when he along with his brothers was returning home to Khandawli village in Ballabgarh after shopping for Eid in Delhi on Thursday.

Police sources said the 50-year-old man entered into an altercation with Junaid and brothers over seat sharing and passed remarks hurting the victims’ religious sentiments. Three youths who had boarded the train at New Town Faridabad station also got involved in the quarrel with the 50-year-old man egging them on. — PTI/TNS